EEXX news 07/12/2017. Pic; Larry Cummins.
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and Adam McLoughlin investigate the weight of schoolbags carried by students at the school and the effects for health and posture.
Tomorrow’s innovators showcase their impressive scientific projects at SciFest@CCS .
Carrigaline Community School students exhibited over 80 innovative science projects at SciFest@School 2017.
Over 170 students from Transition Year exhibited their projects in Carrigaline Community School’s SciFest@School science fair.
Projects on display included “Robotics” and “Is the Mandela Effect real?”
When: Thursday 7th December 2017 (Projects on display from 9.30am; prize-giving at 2.40pm)
Contact: Tracey Kennedy (Deputy Principal) tkennedy@carrigcs.ie
Notes to editor:
SciFest is a series of one day science fairs, funded primarily by Science Foundation Ireland’s (SFI) Discover programme, Intel and Boston Scientific. It is also supported by a number of other companies and organisations.
SciFest@School is where a second-level school hosts their own in-house SciFest science fair. SciFest@School was introduced in 2011 and there has been strong demand from schools to participate - 57 schools participated in 2015/2016. SciFest@School is the first strand of the SciFest programme. Second-level students can also participate in SciFest@College in their local Institute of Technology or in DCU. Winners from these fairs go on to compete in a national final each November for the chance to represent Ireland at science fairs in the USA and the Netherlands.
Tracey Kennedy, Deputy Principal,
Carrigaline Community School
Tel: 021 4372300 (Ext. 24)