Senior Science Quiz

SCIENCE SENIOR QUIZ

Congratulations to our SENIOR SCIENCE A TEAM comprising Sean Hassett, Matthew Long and Declan Norton (all Sixth year) who came second in the Dublin Regional science Quiz held on Thursday 12th November 2015. They have qualified for the National Final of the ISTA Pharmachemical Ireland Senior Science Quiz which will be held this Saturday (21st November) in TCD.
SECOND YEAR SCIFEST COMPETITION

The results of our Second Year Science Competition:

LIFE SCIENCES

1st Liam Heylin and Jeff Kenny with their project:
‘Does music affect a dog’s sleeping pattern?’

2nd Harry O’Leary
‘To investigate if a cricket can accurately be used to measure temperature’

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

1st John Huggard
‘The problem with Pentaquarks’

Joint 2nd Tom Doorly
‘Binomial Distribution’

Gavin Hoey
‘Why does a cricket ball swing?’
I congratulate all the boys in Second Year who participated in the Competition. The external Judging Panel remarked on the very high standard.

I thank Mr Aylward, Ms Kelly, Ms Nolan and their Science Department colleagues on their organisation of the Competition and encouragement of the boys.