Pupils from Louth to participate in ESB Science Blast next week

Primary school pupils from Louth are to participate in ESB Science Blast next week. ESB Science Blast, delivered by the RDS, is a STEM-focused education programme involving whole classes investigating the science behind a simple question, such as "how will climate change affect baby sharks?" 

The event will take place in Dublin in RDS Simmonscourt for four days next week, starting next Monday 27 February, with a lá speisialta do Ghaelscoileanna agus do scoileanna Ghaeltachta taking place on 2 March 2023. 

Participating schools in Louth include Dundalk Grammar Junior School, St Oliver's National School in Dundalk and Sandpit National School in Drogheda.

The questions being investigated by Louth schools are as follows:

• Dundalk Grammar JS - How do animals filter/drink dirty water?
• Dundalk Grammar JS - Why do some objects fall slower than other objects?
• Sandpit NS - Drogheda - Does gender affect speed?
• St. Oliver's NS - Drogheda - Which type of sport will raise your heart rate the most?
• St. Oliver's NS - Drogheda - Does chewing gum affect your concentration levels when performing a task? 

Pupils from each class participating will showcase their experiment and discuss their investigation with a STEM expert (Judge/Moltóir). The judging is non-competitive and aimed at growing pupils' interest and passion for STEM.

Now in its fifth year, over 35,000 children have participated in ESB Science Blast to date, making it the largest primary school programme on the island of Ireland.

ESB Science Blast is a STEM promotional programme developed and delivered by the RDS. It is funded by the RDS, ESB as title sponsor, the Department of Education, Science Foundation Ireland, An Foras Pátrúnachta, Bristol Myers Squib, COGG, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Foras na Gaeilge, Irish Aid, Irish American Partnership, Jones Engineering, Kainos, and Teagasc.