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| | | | | | | | | Sci-Fest Awards Tuesday 10th May 2011 | | | | | | The King’s Hospital scooped EIGHT prizes at Scifest held in the Institute of Technology in Tallaght on Tuesday 10th May. From approx 25 schools, 180 entries and 450 odd students, five projects from KH were awarded prizes on the day. This was a tremendous achievement as it represented half the prizes that were available to our students on the day. Holding the KH Scifest earlier in the term was a huge and obvious benefit to the students as four of the winning projects within the school went on to win at Scifest in ITT.
|  | | | | | Form 2 achieved great success in the Scifest in ITT on 10th May 2011. Following on from a very successful KH Scifest held in A10 in March, where approximately 25 projects were exhibited, 14 projects from 35 students were entered into Scifest. Four from six winning projects from KH Scifest went on to win at Scifest.
Congratulations to all students who worked hard and put in tremendous effort. They were a credit to the school. This year there were approx 450 students and 180 projects displayed in ITT. The standard was very high and the competition was fierce.
The King’s Hospital achieved great praise and was awarded 8 prizes in total.
In the biological sciences category, Eva Janssens, Amy Singleton and Amy Thompson came in 2nd place for their project titled “To investigate the effect of a magnetic field on growth”
In the Technology category, Jack Kyle came in 2nd place for his project titled “ To investigate the application of a piezoelectric material in floors to generate electricity”
In the Physical sciences category Joshua O’Neill, Colin Bond and Colin Smith came in 3rd place with their project titled “ To measure heat retention in various types of insulation and materials and to investigate the economic and heat benefits as a result of insulating a building”
Two projects won more than one award
Zoe Boles and Isobel Black came in 2nd place in the physical science category and were awarded the runners up prize in the Discover Sensors category sponsored by Discover Science and Engineering sponsored with their project titled “Which is more beneficial: running inside on a treadmill, or outdoors?”
Michael Jordan, Stephen Kane and Paul Begley came in 1st place in the physical science category, won the Discover Sensors category and also scooped the Overall Runner Up prize sponsored by Intel and ITT with their project titled ” Geothermal Energy for The King’s Hospital”
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|  | | | | | | | | | Many congratulations to all that were involved in SciFest 2011 ! | | |
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