Sinkholes Tellus Border Earthquake - Geological Survey of Ireland

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Geology Matters: Summer 2013 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition Mary Carter Senior Geologist Head of IT In January 2013 the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (BTYSE) was held in the Royal Dublin Society(RDS), in Ballsbridge in Dublin. The GSI organised and coordinated a stand at the Exhibition in association with partners from across the island of Ireland, as we had done in previous years. This Exhibition is the final stage of a competition which is open to all second level students from Ireland, both North and South. 550 of the best projects were chosen to compete for the prizes. Students came from 224 secondary schools. Although not part of the competition 121 primary schools also were given an opportunity to exhibit a class project at the RDS Primary Science Fair. This year for the first time in many years, GSI sponsored a Special Award to the project that best demonstrated the use of geological data. The award was won by Tom McDonald of Skerries Community College, with his project entitled “Predicting changing sands on Skerries South Strand”. The GSI hope to sponsor another prize in 2014. Forty people helped on the stand and made sure there was always someone there to answer queries. Joining many staff from GSI on the stand were the Exploration Mining Tom McDonald being presented with the Special Award for his project, “Predicting changing sands on Skerries South Strand”. by Koen Verbruggen, Director of The Geological Survey of Ireland. Division also part of DCENR and staff from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, the Natural History Museum and the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland. Also on the stand were representatives of the Irish Geological Association, Institute of Geologists of Ireland, and Earth Science Ireland with a variety of exhibits. These organisations, staff and members, combined to showcase topics including earthquakes, water, and minerals in particular as well as Ireland’s rocks. Geoscience projects highlights included Tellus Border, who allowed children and adults to pan for “gold”. Newly made for this year’s stand was a 3D model which demonstrated how data on the seabed is collected from GSI Research Vessels. It was designed and constructed by Marine Geologist,Eoin McCraith, who is working on the INFOMAR project. Staff and members of all organisations involved promoted the fact that geoscience makes a big page 6
Geology Matters: Summer 2013 Eoin Mc Craith, member of the INFOMAR Project with his model demonstating how data is collected by a survey vessel at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. contribution to our lives. Those on the stand also helped to explain to students, teachers and visitors to the exhibition that Geological Science is the science of the earth and geologists are those scientists who study the earth. page 7
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