projects – Page 22 – BTYSTE Portal

Stand Number: 3102

Project title: A comparative analysis of beach litter in Wicklow, its environmental effects, and potential solutions for a more sustainable future.

Overview: A comparison of beach litter (by weight and composition) on a sample of Wicklow beaches, and the effect it has on the surrounding environment.

School Name: St David's Holy Faith Secondary

School County: Wicklow

Stand Number: 3103

Project title: A comparative study into the factors influencing the effectiveness of a natural fertilizer on different soils.

Overview: I will be investigating the effectiveness of various formats of a natural fertilizer and the link between them and different soil types.

School Name: C.B.S. Thurles

School County: Tipperary

Stand Number: 3104

Project title: Automatic Self Watering Plant Pot

Overview: To build a self watering plant pot and compare it to a plant being watered once a day in growth, health and apperance

School Name: Blackrock College

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 3105

Project title: Consuming Fish: The Carbon Footprint of Trawling

Overview: Finding the carbon footprint of Co2 from trawling released into our atmosphere from our consumption of fish.

School Name: Kinsale Community School

School County: Cork

Stand Number: 3106

Project title: How much time does it take for varying brands of chough sweets to dissolve in synthetic saliva.

Overview: Recording how much time it takes for different types of cough sweets to dissolve in synthetic saliva.

School Name: Kinsale Community School

School County: Cork

Stand Number: 3107

Project title: Do we really look like our parents? Investigating whether we can really tell parent and child apart using only facial features

Overview: Investigating whether common phrase of looking like our parents is true by seeing if we can tell parent and child apart with just facial features

School Name: Mount Anville Secondary School

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 3200

Project title: Can Ireland sustain producing its own quality baking flour with triticale amidst the current food crisis?

Overview: An investigation into whether Ireland can produce its own grain and flour without using imported fertilisers and pesticides and the factors necessary to do so.

School Name: St Mary's Secondary School Macroom

School County: Cork

Stand Number: 3201

Project title: Stressed out Pooch: An Investigation on how different music genres affect dog behaviour

Overview: An investigation on how different music genres affect dog behaviour.

School Name: Rockford Manor Secondary School

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 3202

Project title: How much is a teenager's hearing range affected by their age

Overview: The project test the effect of ageing on the hearing range of teenagers and how effective and safe are noise suppression devices

School Name: Blackwater Community School

School County: Waterford

Stand Number: 3203

Project title: Wanted - Dead or Alive?

Overview: I investigated if harvesting growing Sphagnum moss could provide an alternative to harvesting peat from out bogs for the horticulture industry

School Name: Our Lady's Bower

School County: Westmeath