Press Release: IN ADVANCE OF EVENT
Date: 10th Feb 2011
Winning Cork Young Scientist Projects on Display
"How do you take your tea", "Political awareness in teenagers" or "The effect of a tidal surge in Cork Harbour " are among some of the prize winning projects by Cork entrants to the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition that are on display at Lifetime Lab during February
The display of over 50 projects from 23 schools will be launched by Lord Mayor Cllr. Michael O' Connell on Friday 11th February at 12.00 midday with participating students on hand to speak about their projects. The students will also get the opportunity to attend an exciting Chemistry Magic Show staged by Dr. Declan Kennedy of UCC.
"We are delighted to recognise the hard work of students and their teachers, who have represented Cork with great success, while also providing an opportunity to view a selection of the projects in a local setting. For aspiring young scientists who have not had the opportunity to visit the exhibition in Dublin, the display at Lifetime Lab is an ideal opportunity to view a high standard of local entries that qualified for the national final" said Mervyn Horgan, manager of Lifetime Lab
Over three weeks from the 14thFebruary to 4th March 2011 the students' project posters will be on display in the Lifetime Lab Visitor Centre. Members of the public and schools will be able to view the students work, as well as digital video clips of the students talking about their projects.
Lifetime Lab is located at the old Cork City Waterworks on Lee Road. The site now hosts a Visitor Centre with interactive environmental exhibits, a steam centre with preserved boilers and huge steam engines that were used to pump water to supply the City of Cork. Lifetime Lab also has a coffee dock, a picnic area and a children's playground and is fully wheelchair accessible. It is open Monday- Friday 9am-5pm.
For further information, please contact the Lifetime Lab at: 021-4941500 or view the website www.lifetimelab.ie
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Notes to editor
· Lord Mayor Michael O Connell will launch the display at 12.00 noon on Friday February 11th
· In all 86 student projects from 27 schools in Cork City and County qualified to participate in 2011 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition at RDS in Dublin.
· 27 of the Cork projects won Awards and 16 projects were Highly Commended
· The winners of the Best Group were Thomas Cronin, Dylan Coss and Jeremy Sarisch-Rooney from Coláiste Muire – Crosshaven. Their project was entitled 'DIY wind power – portable community generators for the Third World'.
· A Cork school has won the BT Young Scientist of the Year 3 times in the last 6 years. Those winners were
o 2010: Richard O'Shea, Scoil Mhuire gan Smal, Blarney; ''A Biomass Cooking stove for Developing Countries'
o 2009: John D O'Callaghan and Liam McCarthy, Kinsale Community School; "The Development of a Convenient Test Method for Somatic Cell Count and its Importance in Milk Production".
o 2006: Aisling Judge, Kinsale Community School; "The development and evaluation of a biological food spoilage indicator"
· Guests will be entertained by a Chemistry Magic Show immediately after the launch
Contact Details
Name: Mervyn Horgan
Address: Lifetime Lab, Lee Road, Cork
Telephone: 021-4941500
Fax: 021-4941519
Email: lifetimelab@corkcity.ie
Mervyn Horgan
Lifetime Lab
Old Waterworks
Lee Road
Cork
021 4941500
