ESB Science Blast Award Winners

This year many of the classes in SCM entered the ESB Science Blast Competition and we are very proud to announce that we won awards! Muinteoir Orla’s 6th class completed their experiments on why hot air/water rises and cold air/water sinks. They discovered all about density and convection. Below are some of the photos of the class with their award. The judge was blown away with the high standard of work in the school and went so far as to call us ‘science mad’. We know that science is the way of the past, present and future and so we understand how important it is to foster a love for the subject in the students at a young age.

Múinteoir Hollies 5th class researched the question ‘Does sleep affect our morning mood?’. This question was super interesting to investigate. We surveyed ourselves and one family member over a weeks duration. In this survey, we noted how many hours of sleep we had and our morning mood. Once we had all surveys collected, we constructed graphs outlining the results and wrote paragraphs detailing the information. We then met with an ESB Science Blast judge online and presented our experiment to him. It was a huge success and the judge was extremely impressed with our graphs, results and interest in science.