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CLARE students again fared well at the annual BT Young Scientist Com- oxeBL BLO) NF
12 Clare projects impressed the competition judges, earning top three placings and commendations.
There was success for St Joseph’s Community College, Kilkee who came first in the senior group sec- nee
Fourth-year students Danny Molo- ney, Davis Gould Duff and Roisin Latham won for their project, “Does ash help plants to grow?’ in the sen- ior biological and ecological cat- egory.
In the same category, Emma Hen- nessy, fourth-year student at Scoil Mhuire, Ennistymon was awarded the Safefood tithe and a commenda-
tion for her project, “An investigation into bacteria growth on drink cans and the most effective way of clean- ing them’ in the intermediate indi- ACLU Ensen (e)ee
Patrick O’Connell, a third-year stu- dent, and Tim Horgan, a fourth-year Student, both from St Flannan’s, were highly commended in the biologi- cal and ecological category for their project ‘Have you seen your DNA to- day?’. Their project involved study- ing various types of plant DNA.
Fellow St Flannan’s students Siob- han McGrath and Aoife Staunton were also highly commended in the social and behavioral sciences sec- tion for their examination of the be- haviour of a solitary dolphin.
Aine O’Halloran, Sinead Liddy and Siobhan Weir, transition-year students at St Caimin’s Community
School, Shannon were highly com- mended in the chemical and physical sciences intermediate group for their project ‘using energy beads to test how effective sun creams really are’.
Mary Immaculate Secondary School further enhanced its good reputation at the Young Scientist Soyrayersisene
Students this year entered 13 projects and the school finished the second highest award winners.
Leading the way was sixth-year student Laura Simms who came first in the senior individual section of the social and behavioural category for her project “Did geography affect the 2007 General Election?’.
The north Clare student’s project examined whether voting is stronger along geographical or party political Naar
Evelyn Linnane and Tess McGov- ern scored a second place finish in the intermediate group section for their project on ‘Prejudice and toler- ance among teenagers in Ireland’.
Darren O’Gorman came second in the senior individual section of the biological and ecological category for his investigation into the effects of temporary limestone lakes on lead morphology of Rannaclus Repens.
There were commendations for students Ciara Griffin and Amy Mc- Grath and Sinead McNamara, Amie Barrett and Catriona Callinan.
Fourth-year student David Crowe came third in the intermediate indi- vidual of the social and behavioural sciences section.
School principal John Simms said he was very proud of the achieve- ments of the students.