Best and brightest from three Clare schools take part in the 2024 BT Young Scientist
A total of sixteen projects have been entered from three schools
Three Clare schools are representing the Banner county at this year’s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) this week.
550 projects and hundreds of students are taking part in the 2024 BTYSTE in Dublin, from January 11 to 13.
Ennistymon Community School and St John Bosco Community College in Kildysart have both submitted one entry each, while Mary Immaculate Secondary School in Lisdoonvarna have a whopping 14 entries, the second highest number of entries from any one school in the country.
According to science teacher John Sims, the pupils of Mary Immaculate had an early start on Wednesday, getting a bus at 6am that morning to set up their stalls at the RDS.
While the judging is still underway, two students have already received the honour of meeting President Michael D. Higgins, who officially opened the competition on Wednesday, January 10, before visiting a number of students' entries.
Emily Costello, from Ballyvaughan, and Ethan Zhou, from Lisdoonvarna, are second year students presenting their project Is this the end of Ash?, which focuses on the issue of ash tree die-backs, in the Biological & Ecological category.
This is the sixtieth year of the science competition, with over 2,000 project ideas submitted from 343 schools in 30 counties across the country with a variety of topics covered.
The full list of entries from all three Clare schools can be found here.
The 2024 BT Young Scientist Exhibition will run from Thursday January 11 until Saturday January 13.