No bird brains as young scientists test their theories
Friday, January 10, 2014
Students wonder whether social networking promotes narcissism; whether anxiety affects examination performance; and if they can save an endangered bird.
Judges will have sifted through the 550 projects on display four times before the overall winner is announced tonight.
Among the young scientists was Christine Marron, 15, a transition-year student at Kinsale Community School, Co Cork, who found that people who use social networking sites have higher narcissistic tendencies.
However, her statistical study was inconclusive as to whether people who used social networking could be defined as narcissistic.
Christine surveyed 92 people who used social networking and most thought they were good at influencing people.
I carried out another test to determine peoples self-esteem and I found that although people agreed with positive comments about themselves, they disagreed with negative ones.
Lee Warner, 16, a transition-year student at Scoil Ruain, Killenaule, Co Tipperary, wants to play a part in saving the hen harrier.
His project looked how the native bird of prey, now reduced to an estimated 344, can be saved from extinction.
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No bird brains as young scientists test their theories