Marist College wins Best Overall School award at SciFest
Congratulations are in order for the high-achieving students and Science Department of Marist College who were awarded Best Overall School at the recent SciFest finals which took place on the Athlone campus of TUS.
Marist College has also extended its congratulations to the huge group of students from the school who made it through to the finals at TUS, with a record number of them achieving awards for their projects this year.
Eleven projects were awarded for their investigations.
Daniel Sleator secured third place in the junior physical sciences section with his project 'Juice Boost'.
Ethan Mc Cormack and Sam Gunning examined what effect the Monster energy drink has on your teeth, and their work was highly commended in the junior physical sciences section.
Can blindfolded people tell the difference between store brand bottled water and global brand bottle water and tap water? That was the question posed by James Cahill, whose junior physical sciences project was highly commended.
The Microwagon, a project by Evan Sahoo, Harsha Malladi and Jacob Maughan came in third place in the junior technology section. Liam Mc Cormack and Adam Martin's 'Flip Up Flip Down Feeding Trough' entry secured second place in the junior technology section, while the first place prize in the section was awarded to Jack Wilson and Donnachadh Duane for their 'Line following robot' project.
The first place award in the junior physical sciences category went to Aodhan Fallon for his "investigation into the dissolved oxygen levels in the southern section of Lough Ree over time." Aodhan also earned the Chemistry Award for this entry.
Ibhrahim Tariq and Ahmed Mateen studied 'The Algae Revolution' and were awarded the Cleaner Climate award.
Mohid Sohail's 'Electrolyte Challenge: Oranges vs Sports Drinks' won the Scifest Communication Award and the Junior Individual Technology award, while Daniel Murphy and David Sadowski assessed 'Which kitchen roll is the most absorbent?', earning a 'highly commended' distinction in the Junior Physical Science category.