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Stand Number: 1516

Project title: Living Light: how modern light affects our lives

Overview: Studying modern light sources eg screens and bulbs and looking at the impact of modern lighting on our eyesight, mood and sleep patterns.

School Name: Summerhill College

School County: Sligo

Stand Number: 1517

Project title: Sparky sports

Overview: To create a kinetic powered powerbank to use during sports training to see if it will produce enough energy to charge our phones.

School Name: Loreto High School

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 1518

Project title: Radon Revelations: An investigation to create public awareness of the relationship between radon levels and ventilation in homes in Ireland

Overview: We aim to investigate the relationship between radon levels and ventilation in homes and to enhance public awareness across Ireland, given Ireland’s current retrofitting targets.

School Name: Roscommon Community College

School County: Roscommon

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Stand Number: 1519

Project title: "Back To Basics". A study into the ineffectiveness of the current PH scale and our efforts to find a new method of calculating PH.

Overview: An investigation into the accuracy of the current PH scale and our efforts to create a superior scale to calculate PH.

School Name: St Josephs College

School County: Tipperary

Stand Number: 1520

Project title: The New Sliotar

Overview: To slow down the speed of the sliotar so it cannot be hit as far without changing its dimensions including weight.

School Name: St Josephs College

School County: Tipperary

Stand Number: 1521

Project title: Nature within the walls

Overview: We want to investigate natural insulation materials in a designed cavity wall.

School Name: Abbey Community College

School County: Roscommon

Stand Number: 1522

Project title: A chemical examination of the biological effects of alcohol-based hand sanitizers on overall health.

Overview: In this project we will investigate the potential health hazards associated with persistent use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers in the long term.

School Name: Athlone Community College

School County: Westmeath

Stand Number: 1523

Project title: Turn it off or keep it on - which is more energy efficient

Overview: We will examine whether or not it’s more energy efficient to keep the heat on at a lower temperature or turn it on and off.

School Name: Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ

School County: Limerick

Stand Number: 1524

Project title: Will the energy output of a hydrogen fuel cell charged by hydrogen and oxygen extracted from water meet the energy requirements to power a small scale wheelchair?

Overview: We plan to investigate if the energy output of a hydrogen fuel cell meet the energy requirements of 2 small motors which power a wheelchair.

School Name: Cistercian College

School County: Tipperary

Stand Number: 1525

Project title: Do Alpha Particles Behave as Waves?

Overview: We will test whether alpha particles behave as waves or Newtonian particles using a modified Double Slit experiment.

School Name: Greystones Community College

School County: Wicklow