SciFest is a national STEM fair for schools. Established in 2006, the SciFest programme consists of a series of one-day STEM fairs for second-level students. The aim of the programme is to encourage an interest in, and love of, the STEM subjects.
SciFest@School is where second-level schools host their own in-house STEM fair. The winners of the school level then go on to compete at the next level – SciFest@College. Here, a variety of third level institutes host one-day SciFest STEM fairs where students from different schools compete.
Our Transition Year students spent the first term of the school year working in groups of up to three, on a project of their choosing. They presented these projects for judging by school management in November during National Science Week.
Well done to the winners who will progress to the next level, SciFest@College, later in the year:
1st Place:
Felix Hederman and Ryan Schäckermann
Eating Meat
2nd Place:
Laura Laganovska, Kathleen O’ Kelly and Shervin Sedaghat
The Coffee Experiment
Joint 3rd Place:
Maite Jacoby and Kate Linehan
Is Astrology a Hoax?
Joint 3rd Place:
Jesus Losa Maso and David Scanlon
Smoking versus Vaping
