Thursday, May 7, 2009

Over 2,000 Students Take Part in SciFest 2009

More than 2,000 secondary school students are due to participate in SciFest 2009 over the next two weeks as schools from around Ireland exhibit almost 900 science and technology projects at 14 Institutes of Technology nationwide.

SciFest is a one day festival of science, which includes a competition and exhibition of projects, a selection of science talks, science demonstrations in the college laboratories and a prize-giving ceremony.The programme aims to encourage the pursuit of science through an investigative approach to learning and to provide an opportunity for students to display their scientific discoveries.
203 local students took part in the Dublin event which took place today at DIT Kevin Street with 97 projects on display in total. Read More

Courtesy: RTE

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