Moate TY students awarded for their projects at SciFest, including Runner-Up Best Project

Judging and awarding of the SciFest Regional Final was done virtually this year due to COVID restrictions. The event usually takes place in the Athlone Institute of Technology. Five groups of TY students submitted their projects and made videos of their main findings for the panel of judges.

With their project ‘Dispel the Smell of Goat’s Milk‘, Emily Ray and Sharon Seery won the Runner-up Best Project Award . The students will proceed to the National Final of SciFest this November.

Rachel McCann and Niamh Collins were given a Merit award for their project ‘Sitka vs Broadleaf: The Impact of Ireland’s Forestry Plan on Biodiversity’.

Emma Keenan and Hannah Malone received an Environmental Award for their project ‘ Does Seaweed contain the Solution to Ireland’s Fertiliser Run-off Problem?’. Cliona McCormack and Emily Korzeniewski also received an Environmental Award for their project ‘Effects of Dredging on the River Shannon’.

Aoife Murray and Megan Clinton were awarded a Chemistry Prize for investigating ‘Can Biochars Derived from Farm Waste Reduce Greenhouse Emissions from Irish Soils?’ As a result of this achievement, MCS was awarded the RSC School Chemistry Award.

Congratulations to all the students involved and their supporting teachers Ms Maireád Cusack and Ms Margaret Mandal.