{"id":657,"date":"2023-02-07T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T07:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/?p=657"},"modified":"2023-04-04T08:17:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T07:17:52","slug":"taispeantas-eolai-og-agus-teicneolaiochta-bt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/taispeantas-eolai-og-agus-teicneolaiochta-bt\/","title":{"rendered":"Taispe\u00e1ntas Eola\u00ed \u00d3g agus Teicneola\u00edochta BT"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Shane
Shane O\u0301 Breaca\u0301in, Cola\u0301iste Ailigh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gach bliain spreagann Taispe\u00e1ntas Eola\u00ed \u00d3g agus Teicneola\u00edochta BT<\/a> na m\u00edlte duine \u00f3g ar fud na t\u00edre leis an domhan thart orthu a fhiosr\u00fa ar bhealach eola\u00edochta. \u00c1ir\u00edonn s\u00e9 sin cuid mhaith dalta\u00ed in\u00e1r scoileanna f\u00e9in ach cad at\u00e1 i gceist leis an chom\u00f3rtas? T\u00e1 ceann d\u00e1r gcuid scoileanna i Leitir Ceanainn, Col\u00e1iste Ailigh<\/a>, ag glacadh p\u00e1irte sa chom\u00f3rtas \u00f3n bhliain 2000 ar aghaidh agus sa bhlag seo beidh an m\u00fainteoir eola\u00edochta, Shane \u00d3 Breac\u00e1in, a dh\u00e9anann iontr\u00e1lacha na scoile a chomhord\u00fa, ag insint d\u00fainn n\u00edos m\u00f3 f\u00e1 dtaobh de. <\/em><\/p>\n

T\u00e1 rannph\u00e1rt\u00edocht i dTaispe\u00e1ntas Eola\u00ed \u00d3g agus Teicneola\u00edochta BT l\u00e1rnach d\u2019obair Chol\u00e1iste Ailigh \u00f3 buna\u00edodh \u00e9 sa bhliain 2000. Thuig an t-Iar-Phr\u00edomhoide, M\u00edche\u00e1l \u00d3 Giob\u00fain, \u00f3n t\u00fas an t-eisp\u00e9ireas iontach foghlama a thug an com\u00f3rtas do dhalta\u00ed agus bh\u00ed s\u00e9 paiseanta faoi rannph\u00e1irt\u00edocht a spreagadh. M\u00fainteoir eola\u00edochta ba ea M\u00edche\u00e1l ach d\u2019\u00e9irigh s\u00e9 as le gairid. \u00c9ir\u00edonn le dalta\u00ed snas a chur ar dh\u00e1 thacar scileanna le linn mionscr\u00faduithe eola\u00edochta .i. scileanna cruthaitheacha agus scileanna anail\u00edseacha. B\u00edonn orthu cur lena scileanna eagr\u00fach\u00e1in agus foghlaim faoin d\u00f3igh le hoibri\u00fa mar ph\u00e1irt de ghr\u00fapa le clo\u00ed le sprioc-am. Mar aon le gn\u00e9ithe fisiceacha, ceimiceacha, bitheola\u00edocha, matamaitici\u00fala agus teicneola\u00edochta na dtionscadal thar na blianta, bh\u00ed eilimint d\u2019eola\u00edocht sh\u00f3isialta agus iompra\u00edochta i gceist le roinnt mhaith de na tionscadail fosta, rud a thug an deis do dhalta\u00ed a bheith ina saor\u00e1naigh fhiosracha agus iad ag breathn\u00fa ar thopaic\u00ed tr\u00e1th\u00fala \u00e9ags\u00fala a bh\u00ed i mb\u00e9al an phobail ag an am agus iad a mheas. Ina theannta sin b\u00edonn eisp\u00e9ireas ar d\u00f3igh ag na dalta\u00ed mar go gcaitheann siad ceithre l\u00e1 i mBaile \u00c1tha Cliath ag taispe\u00e1int a gcuid tionscadal agus \u00e1 m\u00edni\u00fa do na breithni\u00faa, don phobal agus do na me\u00e1in chumars\u00e1ide, gan tr\u00e1cht ar na gn\u00edomha\u00edochta\u00ed \u00e9ags\u00fala a eagra\u00edtear do na tr\u00e1thn\u00f3nta. Eisp\u00e9ireas den scoth a bh\u00edonn ann gan dabht agus b\u00edonn na dalta\u00ed \u00e1balta dalta\u00ed eile a chur ar an eolas faoi, rud a chuireann le mealltachtt an chom\u00f3rtais laistigh de phobal na scoile. Sampla amh\u00e1in den d\u00f3igh ar spreag eisp\u00e9ireas ar leith dalta\u00ed eile n\u00e1 na dearthaireacha McGeehan, Eoin agus R\u00f3n\u00e1n; bhain siad an ch\u00e9ad \u00e1it ina gcatag\u00f3ir nuair a rinne siad stoda b\u00f3thair le rabhadh a thabhairt do thiomanaithe agus sioc ann. Bhain siad turas go Seattle le Analog Devices fosta!<\/p>\n

\"Group
Young Scientists 2014 with Science teacher Shane O\u0301 Breaca\u0301in and former Principal Mi\u0301chea\u0301l O\u0301 Giobu\u0301in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Faoin am ar thosaigh mise a dh\u2019obair sa scoil sa bhliain 2004 bh\u00ed rannph\u00e1irt\u00edocht sa chom\u00f3rtas leabaithe i gcult\u00far na scoile cheana f\u00e9in agus chuaigh an d\u00edograis don chom\u00f3rtas go m\u00f3r i bhfeidhm orm agus chuaigh m\u00e9 isteach san fhoireann m\u00fainteoir\u00ed \u00f3 gach r\u00e9imse \u00e1bhar a bh\u00ed ag spreagadh dalta\u00ed le p\u00e1irt a ghlacadh ann, ag cuidi\u00fa leo agus ag d\u00e9anamh monat\u00f3ireachta orthu. Th\u00e1inig smaointe maidir le tionscadail \u00f3 gach \u00e1it; sin an f\u00e1th a bhfuil Col\u00e1iste Ailigh go m\u00f3r chun tosaigh maidir leis an leibh\u00e9al rannph\u00e1irt\u00edochta sa chom\u00f3rtas gach bliain.<\/p>\n

D\u2019oscail an rannph\u00e1irt\u00edocht sin beala\u00ed cumars\u00e1ide idir pobal na scoile agus an ceantar aiti\u00fail mar go raibh cuidi\u00fa i gc\u00f3na\u00ed ar f\u00e1il go fonnmhar \u00f3 aon duine ar iarradh a leith\u00e9id uaidh. I measc na ndaoine a chuidigh le tionscadail a chur i gcr\u00edch thar na blianta t\u00e1 tuismitheoir\u00ed, an t-aonad \u00e1iti\u00fail c\u00f3ir\u00e9ala uisce, an Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na, agus Leabharlann Phoibl\u00ed Leitir Ceanainn. T\u00e1 an scoil go m\u00f3r faoi chomaoin ag LyIT, mar a thugta\u00ed ar an institi\u00faid, a roinn a gcuid ama agus saineolais go fonnmhar agus go d\u00edograiseach agus iad ag sti\u00faradh roinnt mhaith de na tionscadail. T\u00e1 l\u00fach\u00e1ir orm a r\u00e1 go bhfuil caidreamh l\u00e1idir oibre againn le OTA Leitir Ceanainn go f\u00f3ill sa mh\u00e9id is gur thug siad taca\u00edocht agus c\u00fanamh nach beag do cheann de na tionscadail a bhain duais i mbliana.<\/p>\n

\"Iontr\u00e1lacha
Iontr\u00e1lacha 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ar an \u00e1bhar sin, bh\u00ed muid thar a bheith s\u00e1sta lean\u00faint le traidisi\u00fan na rannph\u00e1irt\u00edochta i mbliana (2023) agus d\u2019\u00e9irigh le c\u00faig tionscadal \u00e1it a bhaint amach sa Taispe\u00e1ntas san RDS agus mar bhunt\u00e1iste sa bhreis th\u00e1inig na dalta\u00ed ar ais go Leitir Ceanainn le c\u00faig ghradam! I measc na dtionscadal a bh\u00ed ann i mbliana bh\u00ed: leacht lasairmhoillitheach \u00e9iceabh\u00e1ch inacmhainne a chruth\u00fa, suirbh\u00e9 agus anail\u00eds a dh\u00e9anamh ar an d\u00f3igh a bhfuil dearca\u00ed ag athr\u00fa maidir le hinfheisti\u00fa i bhfuinneamh in-athnuaite agus insli\u00fa sa bhaile mar gheall ar an ard\u00fa at\u00e1 tagtha ar chostas breosla. Tugadh na tionscadail uilig thar na blianta chun cr\u00edche, n\u00ed hamh\u00e1in mar gheall ar iarrachta\u00ed na ndalta\u00ed iad f\u00e9in agus roinn na heola\u00edochta sa scoil, ach mar gheall ar chomhoibri\u00fa agus c\u00fanamh na foirne uilg sa scoil agus an taca\u00edocht iontach \u00f3 lucht bainist\u00edochta na scoile. T\u00e1 iarracht foirne de dh\u00edth i nd\u00e1ir\u00edre le cuidi\u00fa le dalta\u00ed dul i ngleic leis an ualach oibre ollmh\u00f3r a bhaineann le taighde a dh\u00e9anamh do thionscadal, tionscadal a dhearadh, tionscadal a fhorbairt agus a chruth\u00fa ach n\u00ed f\u00e9idir na tortha\u00ed a \u00e1ireamh!<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Ba iad na c\u00faig iontr\u00e1il a bh\u00ed ag Col\u00e1iste Ailigh in BTYSTE 2023<\/em> n\u00e1 (1 = iontr\u00e1il aonair; 2-5 = obair ghr\u00fapa)<\/p>\n

1. \u201cLe d\u00f3 n\u00f3 gan a dh\u00f3\u201d \u2013 Leacht lasairmhoillitheach \u00e9iceabh\u00e1ch inacmhainne a chruth\u00fa
\n(Na hEola\u00edochta\u00ed Ceimiceacha, Fisiceacha agus Matamaitici\u00fala)
\n2. Fiosr\u00fa ar an chumas at\u00e1 ag planda\u00ed \u00e9ags\u00fala cosc a chur ar chreimeadh c\u00f3sta.
\n(Na hEola\u00edochta\u00ed Bitheacha agus \u00c9iceola\u00edocha)
\n3. Fiosr\u00fa ar \u00e9ifeacht lus an phiobair ar an luas freagartha i nd\u00e9ag\u00f3ir\u00ed.
\n(Na hEola\u00edochta\u00ed Bitheacha agus \u00c9iceola\u00edocha)
\n4. An bhfuil d\u00edr\u00edtheoir\u00ed gruaige ag d\u00e9anamh do ghruaig n\u00edos laige?
\n(Na hEola\u00edochta\u00ed Ceimiceacha, Fisiceacha agus Matamaitici\u00fala)
\n5. An bhfuil tionchar ag arduithe costais breosla ar an chinneadh fuinneamh in-athnuaite a \u00fas\u00e1id sa teach? (Na hEola\u00edochta\u00ed S\u00f3isialta agus Iompra\u00edochta)<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Shane<\/p>\n

Each year the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition<\/a> inspires thousands of young people across the country to explore the world around them from a scientific perspective including many in our own schools but what does the competition involve? Our Letterkenny school, Col\u00e1iste Ailigh<\/a> has participated in the competition since 2000 and in this blog, science teacher Shane \u00d3 Breac\u00e1in, who coordinates the school\u2019s entries, tells us more about it. <\/em><\/p>\n

Participation in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition has been integral to the workings of Col\u00e1iste Ailigh since its foundation in the year 2000. Recently retired principal M\u00edche\u00e1l \u00d3 Giob\u00fain, a science teacher himself, understood from the start the incredible learning experience that the competition offered to students and was passionate about encouraging participation. From organisational skills, learning to work within a group to meeting a deadline, both the creative and analytical skillsets were honed during the course of a scientific investigation. Along with the physical, chemical, biological, mathematical and technological aspects of projects over the years, many of the projects had an element of social and behavioural science to them which gave the students the opportunity to be outlooking citizens as they observed and evaluated various topical societal concerns of the time. Add to this the fantastic experience of spending four days staying in Dublin exhibiting their projects, communicating and explaining them to judges, the public and the media, not to mention the various activities that are organised for the evenings, and it made for a very appealing experience to be recounted by those of experience to other students, amplifying the appeal of the competition within the school community. One example of inspiration by example is when the McGeehan brothers Eoin and R\u00f3n\u00e1n, having come first in their category for inventing a modified cat\u2019s eye to alert drivers of icy conditions, also won a trip to Seattle with Analog Devices.<\/p>\n

\"Young
Young Scientists 2014 with Science teacher Shane O\u0301 Breaca\u0301in and former Principal Mi\u0301chea\u0301l O\u0301 Giobu\u0301in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By the time I landed in the school in 2004, participation in the competition was already embedded in the culture of the school and I was immediately infected by the enthusiasm for the competition and joined the ranks of teachers from all subject areas who were encouraging, assisting and mentoring students to take part. Project ideas came from all directions which lead to the Col\u00e1iste Ailigh having very high levels of participation in the competition each year.<\/p>\n

This participation opened avenues of communication between the school community and the local area as assistance was always enthusiastically forthcoming from anyone approached. Parents, the local water treatment facility in Letterkenny, the Garda S\u00edochana, and the Letterkenny Public Library are but a few of those who assisted in getting many projects over the line. The school is particularly indebted to members of the then LYIT who freely and enthusiastically gave their valuable time and expertise in guiding many of the projects over the years and I am very happy to say that the relationship with ATU Letterkenny is going strong in this respect where they provided invaluable support and assistance with one of the prize-winning projects that took part this year.<\/p>\n

\"2023
2023 entries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On that note, we were delighted to continue the tradition of participation this year (2023) with five projects managing to make it through to the Exhibition in the RDS and as a bonus the students came back to Letterkenny with five awards! Projects this year ranged from creating an affordable and ecologically friendly liquid flame retardant to surveying and analysing changing attitudes towards investment in renewable energy and insulation in the home due to rising fuel costs. All of the projects over the years have come to fruition, not only due to the efforts of the students themselves and the science department in the school, but because of the cooperation and assistance of the entire school staff and the great support from the school management. It really takes a team effort to help the students deal with the great workload involved in researching, designing, developing and creating a project, but the rewards are incalculable!<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Col\u00e1iste Ailigh five BTYSTE 2023 entries were (1 Individual entry; 2-5 Group entries):<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \u201cTo burn or not to burn\u201d \u2013 Creating an affordable and ecologically friendly liquid flame retardant (Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences)<\/li>\n
  2. Investigation into the ability of various plants to prevent water erosion (Biological and Ecological)<\/li>\n
  3. Investigation into the effect of peppermint on the response rate of teenagers (Biological and Ecological)<\/li>\n
  4. Are hair straighteners making your hair weaker? (Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences)<\/li>\n
  5. Do the increasing costs of fuel have an influence on the decision to use renewable energy at home (Social and Behavioural Sciences)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Gach bliain spreagann Taispe\u00e1ntas Eola\u00ed \u00d3g agus Teicneola\u00edochta BT na m\u00edlte duine \u00f3g ar fud na t\u00edre leis an domhan thart orthu a fhiosr\u00fa ar bhealach eola\u00edochta. \u00c1ir\u00edonn s\u00e9 sin cuid mhaith dalta\u00ed in\u00e1r scoileanna f\u00e9in ach cad at\u00e1 i gceist leis an chom\u00f3rtas? T\u00e1 ceann d\u00e1r gcuid scoileanna i Leitir Ceanainn, Col\u00e1iste Ailigh, ag […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":707,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657\/revisions\/707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}