Hazelwood College students recently attended the SciFest science fair hosted by Limerick Institute of Technology. Here are some photos from the day.
Picture a: Hazelwood College Transition Year students (from left to right) Aoife Kiely, Eoin Donegan, Laura O’Connell pictured above with their project, “To investigate whether e – cigarettes are beneficial after quitting regular cigarettes”. The three students entered their project for SciFest, which is a series of one-day science fairs for second-level students hosted locally in schools and regional level in third level colleges.
Picture b Transition Year students from Hazelwood College (from left) Aisling Cunningham, Nicola Madden and Bríd Flanagan are pictured with their project, ‘Defrost the Frost’ at Limerick SciFest, which was held in Limerick Institute of Technology recently. Their project set out to investigate the speeding up of the defrosting process of frozen foods.
Picture c Hazelwood College Transition Year students (left to right) Jamie Singleton, Andy Quaid and Paul Power are pictured at Limerick SciFest, which was held at Limerick Institute of Technology recently, where their project, an investigate if there is a correlation between the type of music people listen to and their academic results was among those displayed.
Picture d Hazelwood College second year student Elaine Kennedy is pictured with her entry to Limerick SciFest recently. The project, which won an award of Highly Commended was an investigation into the use of pesticides.
Picture e Hazelwood College second year science teacher Ms Martina Matthews congratulates Elaine Kennedy on the receipt of her Highly Commended Certificate for her investigation into the use of pesticides at the recent Limerick SciFest, which was hosted at Limerick Institute of Technology recently.
Picture f Hazelwood College second year student Elaine Kennedy, being awarded her Highly Commended Certificate at Limerick SciFest recently, for her project investigating the effect of the use of pesticides.
Picture g Hazelwood College students Roisín Noonan, Ciara McCarthy (both second year) and Aoife O’Callaghan (first year) are pictured with their project “Does Wisdom Come With Age?” for the recent Limerick SciFest. Their investigation focused on whether people were influenced by outside factors and whether different age groups would respond differently to a same question. The project won a trophy in the Maths and Science category of the competition.
Picture h Hazelwood College Science students (from left to right) Ciara McCarthy, Roisin Noonan and Aoife O’Callaghan are congratulated by their Science teacher Ms Martina Matthews on winning a trophy in the Maths and Science category of Limerick SciFest, held recently in Limerick IT. The students investigated the factors that affect how people in different age groups respond to questions.
Picture I Hazelwood College students Ciara McCarthy, Roisin Noonan and Aoife O’Callaghan are presented with their trophy in the Maths and Science category of Limerick SciFest recently.
