ITB SciFest a great success

SciFest, the prestigious one day festival of science that took place in ITB last month, has been hailed a great success by organisers.

Over two hundred students from thirteen schools all over Dublin took part in the celebration of all things scientific. The festival included amongst its itinerary a competition and exhibition of projects, a selection of science talks, science demonstrations in the college laboratories and a prize-giving ceremony.

“SciFest is a fun and exciting way to encourage an interest in science at school level,” said event coordinator Sheila Porter. “Not only does it provide an occasion to celebrate achievement and a job well done but it is also an opportunity to encourage active and collaborative learning. This helps stimulate students’ interest in science and enables then to apply scientific concepts to real-life scenarios.”

The festival has continued to go from strength to strength with a record number of entries this year. The rapid increase in participation in the competition is an indication of the interest and enthusiasm among students and teachers in the investigative approach to teaching and learning science.

St. Josephs College Lucan won the Intel Best Project Award with their project “Our teachers; talking themselves to death.” Elizabeth Hannigan from Coolmine Community School under the supervision of teacher Michael Gaffney won second prize in the Physical Science category for her project “Spilt milk and the Coanda effect.”

“It is exciting to see the creativity and enthusiasm for science among Irish second-level students at SciFest 2010,” said Peter Brabazon, programme director. “The competition epitomises the skills we seek to instill in students across the country in terms of collaborative learning and critical thinking.

It is also an effective model linking education and industry, with the participation of ITB and the support of Intel and other sponsors.”

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