On Tuesday 25th of January we headed off to Mullingar to blow some minds with our TY plays :L "Time of our lives", "Driving under the Influence" ,"But You Didnt" and "Noughts and Crosses" were the plays within our TY classes. I was in the Noughts and Crosses production but i didnt act. Our play was about two young lovers: Callum and Sephy, who cannot be together as Callum is white and Sephy is black. It was based on the Book "Noughts and Crosses" by Malorie Blackman :) In the book, blacks are first class citizens whereas whites are 2nd class. All the racal discrimination is against the whites. Sephy and Callum are deeply in love but find the colour of their skin, tearing them apart. The play is very emotional and shows some seriously talented actresses within our class (: The other play from our class and the two others from class Emnet were very impressive and extremely well written. I think the judge really enjoyed our plays and she gave really good feedback to us about our plays. She was really helpful :D We also got to watch the plays from other schools. They were also really good :)
It was such a fun day out :D
Friday, January 28, 2011
BT Young Scientist 2011
Myself, Aoife and Kate took part in the BT Young Scientist Exhibition 2011, 2 weeks ago. While we were there I stayed in my Granny and Grandads which was fun :) <3
Our project was titled "The Free Radical Theory of Ageing and the Counteracting Affects of Antioxidants." So basically our project was testing antioxidants on micro-scopic worms called C.Elegans to see which antioxidant would affect their lifespan and make them live longer. We tested commonly known antioxidants such as: Turmeric, Cranberry, Green Tea, Acai, Gingko, and Cherry. Normally C.Elegans live for 2 weeks and when we tested the antioxidants they all did increase their lifespan but one antioxidant made a signifcant increase of their lifespan. Green Tea helped the C.Elegans live for 7 weeks which was an amazing result for us to achieve. The worms lived 5 weeks longer than they would have. This was amazing!
It was great when our fellow TY chums came to visit us in the BT Young Scientist :) It was great to see them supporting us.
Our project got "Highly Commended" on the awards night which was such a nice surprise and was a big achievement for us.
This project would not have been possible without the wonderful help we recieved from NUI Maynooth and we are so greatful for all they have done for us.
While we were there we got to meet some amazing people and we also got to get to know the other Wolstans girls involved in the Young Scientist.
The BT Young Scientist was such an amazing experience to be a part of and its so great to be able to say that i took part in the BT Young Scientist Exhibition 2011.
Our project was titled "The Free Radical Theory of Ageing and the Counteracting Affects of Antioxidants." So basically our project was testing antioxidants on micro-scopic worms called C.Elegans to see which antioxidant would affect their lifespan and make them live longer. We tested commonly known antioxidants such as: Turmeric, Cranberry, Green Tea, Acai, Gingko, and Cherry. Normally C.Elegans live for 2 weeks and when we tested the antioxidants they all did increase their lifespan but one antioxidant made a signifcant increase of their lifespan. Green Tea helped the C.Elegans live for 7 weeks which was an amazing result for us to achieve. The worms lived 5 weeks longer than they would have. This was amazing!
It was great when our fellow TY chums came to visit us in the BT Young Scientist :) It was great to see them supporting us.
Our project got "Highly Commended" on the awards night which was such a nice surprise and was a big achievement for us.
This project would not have been possible without the wonderful help we recieved from NUI Maynooth and we are so greatful for all they have done for us.
While we were there we got to meet some amazing people and we also got to get to know the other Wolstans girls involved in the Young Scientist.
The BT Young Scientist was such an amazing experience to be a part of and its so great to be able to say that i took part in the BT Young Scientist Exhibition 2011.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Ah the snow :D
Since Monday its pretty much been snowing non stop, and i LOVE it! :)
I love the snow cos it makes you feel so Christmasy and snow ball fights are always fun, although quite painful when your hit in the eye :(
Today i slipped multiple times and then laughed, which made me slip again =.=" i think everyone is enjoying the snow and i know everyone is loving the days off school :D
I love the snow cos it makes you feel so Christmasy and snow ball fights are always fun, although quite painful when your hit in the eye :(
Today i slipped multiple times and then laughed, which made me slip again =.=" i think everyone is enjoying the snow and i know everyone is loving the days off school :D
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
State Labs
Today, 16th of November, we went to the State Labs in Celbridge.
When we got there we went into a room and a man, Michael Gun told us a bit about what they do there, such as autotopsies and testing animals for diseases.
After he was finished giving us background info we were split into 4 groups and I was in the orange group. We each got a lab coat to wear while they showed us around the labs.
We were brought around different labs and we got a different speaker for each lab we went into. I found some of it complicated but they tried to simplify it as best they could. It was really interesting :) There was this french lady who showed us one of the labs and she was so cute :D I could have listened to how she said "animals" all day xD
When we were finished we went back to the room we were in that morning and we were given a pen, a ruler and a fuzzy sticker thing :L They were all about science week which was last week.
T'was a good day :D
-Steph H
<3
When we got there we went into a room and a man, Michael Gun told us a bit about what they do there, such as autotopsies and testing animals for diseases.
After he was finished giving us background info we were split into 4 groups and I was in the orange group. We each got a lab coat to wear while they showed us around the labs.
We were brought around different labs and we got a different speaker for each lab we went into. I found some of it complicated but they tried to simplify it as best they could. It was really interesting :) There was this french lady who showed us one of the labs and she was so cute :D I could have listened to how she said "animals" all day xD
When we were finished we went back to the room we were in that morning and we were given a pen, a ruler and a fuzzy sticker thing :L They were all about science week which was last week.
T'was a good day :D
-Steph H
<3
Minco Naas
15th of November we went to Naas for the last time (i think?),for mini-company :D
Orla was just seeing what stages were at with our products. She got numerous people to tell the room what they were doing and CBS boys school were there and they sold their products to us at lunch.
when we came back Orla showed us this movie about business and how to behave etc. It was a pretty funny movie :L It was really cheesy which was good cos i think it got everyones attention that way.
And thats pretty much sums up our day at Naas
-Steph H
<3
Orla was just seeing what stages were at with our products. She got numerous people to tell the room what they were doing and CBS boys school were there and they sold their products to us at lunch.
when we came back Orla showed us this movie about business and how to behave etc. It was a pretty funny movie :L It was really cheesy which was good cos i think it got everyones attention that way.
And thats pretty much sums up our day at Naas
-Steph H
<3
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