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| BT YOUNG SCIENTIST COMPETITION 2009 - SUTTON PARK SUCCESSES |
Sutton Park Students had remarkable success at this year’s BT Young Scientist Competition which was held in the RDS from January 7th – January 11th. Out of the 1600 + entries into this year’s competition only 500 projects were accepted. The students worked hard over their Christmas holidays to write up their projects and had a hectic week in the RDS explaining all their scientific procedures to the panel of judges.
Out of the 3 projects submitted by Sutton Park School they came away with 2 First prizes in their Categories and a Highly Commended – amazing achievements.
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Sile Stafford (5th Year) & Rebecca Kummert (4th Year)
‘A Study of Cystic Fibrosis and Ways of Improving Mucus Detachment’ Won 1st Prize in the Senior Biological Sciences. The girls did experiments to find which frequency of oscillation was best at removing simulated mucus from hemispherical smooth surfaces. Using these results they went on to develop a CF Physiotherapy vest.
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Robert Flood & Stephen Palminteri (2nd Year)
‘ An Investigation of Shock Absorbency in Non-Newtonian Fluids’ Won 1st Prize in the Junior Mathematical/Chemical/physical Sciences. The boys researched how much force is absorbed when 5N weights are dropped from a height on bags of Non-Newtonian Fluid. They found the bags of Oobleck absorbed considerable force and showed that it was possible to improve the shock absorbency in protective sports gear by implanting bags of the fluid into regions of impact.
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