5 Offaly schools to exhibit at 50th BT Young Scientist competition

Five Offaly schools have qualified for the 50th BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, which will take place in Dublin next January.

Gallen Community School in Ferbane, Colaiste Choilm in Tullamore, Oaklands Community College in Edenderry and Banagher College Colaiste na Sionna have all had one project approved for the exhibition, while two projects from Tullamore College are to go through.

Three of the county’s project fall under the competition’s technology category, while two are in the social and behavioural sciences category and the final one is in the chemical, physical and mathematical sciences section.

One project has been approved from a senior and a junior group, while the remaining four are from intermediate groups.

Topics addressed by the projects include wind turbines, water leakage and how wireless sensor data can help martial arts performance.

Details of the projects will be in this week's Offaly Independent, which will hit the streets on Friday and is also available at www.offalyindependent.ie/epaper.