Students from Coláiste Treasa, Kanturk named as BT Young Scientists 2015
- Cork ETB schools take home several awards from the BT Young Scientist Exhibition in Dublin, with Kanturk’s Coláiste Treasa students winning the overall award for their “Alcohol Consumption: Does the Apple fall far from the Tree?” investigation into teenage drinking;
- Coláiste and Gaelcholáiste Choilm students clear the board, taking home 7 Awards in a number of categories and of varying levels, for projects ranging from Ecigarettes to Marathon Kayaking safety;
- Glanmire Community College student named as the overall runner-up of the intermediate Biological & Ecological Sciences category for his project “Injury increasing crop yields” and honoured with EU SYS Sustainability Award;
- Clonakilty Community College students highly commended for their project investigating the effect of LED’s on Plant Growth;
- Schull Community College students named as group runners-up of the intermediate Social & Behavioural Sciences category for their project “Stand Up, Stand Out!”. A second project group from Schull Community College were also highly commended in the Biological & Ecological Sciences category for their project “Perfect Pollock”.
The high standards of education in Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB) post-primary schools was clearly evidenced by the number of schools in the County scooping awards at the annual BT Young Scientist Exhibition this year. Ian O’Sullivan and Eimear Murphy from Coláiste Treasa in Kanturk took home the top honour as they were named BT Young Scientists of the year 2015 in Dublin at the weekend. The duo beat off strong competition nationally with over 550 entries, from 206 schools, to this year’s BT Young Scientist exhibition. “We are thrilled to see the BT Young Scientist Award coming back AGAIN to Cork. This award recognises the high standards of education, commitment to STEM subjects, dedication of the teachers as well as the enthusiasm of our students in Cork and showcases the region as the hotbed for talent that it is, with a culture for excellence and winning”, said Ted Owens. The winning entry aimed to identify one potential cause of hazardous drinking in teenagers – parental drinking habits and attitudes to their children’s drinking. The pair surveyed almost 1,000 fifth and sixth year students and their parents in the North Cork area on drinking habits and attitudes at home. Using sophisticated statistical analysis, the students discovered that teenagers whose parents believe that it is acceptable for their children to drink alcohol on special occasions are up to four times more likely to engage in hazardous drinking than other adolescents.
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