Get Snapping Now To Win Lots Of Great Prizes
Science Snaps is a photography competition run by Tyndall National Institute
in the run up to Science Week which invites students to take snaps of the
science, engineering and technology all around us. The aim of the competition is
to capture this year’s Science Week theme ‘Celebrating Creativity and
Innovation’. The broad theme allows students to use their imagination when
illustrating the creativity and innovation which enhances our everyday lives.
The Competition is Now Closed!
Congratulations to our winners and thank you to everyone who entered the competition! Exhibitions of highly commended entries take place in the Science Gallery in Dublin and in Cork City Library during Science Week Nov 9th-15th 2009 and at the Discovery Exhibition in Cork City Hall Nov 14th-18th 2009.
Senior Cycle category winners:
1st ‘Disc Wheel’ by Sean Hassett, 6th year student in Presentation College Headford, Galway.
Prize: laptop sponsored by DELL.
2nd ‘Disc Drip Diffraction’ by Nick Di Mascio, 6th year in King's Hospital, Palmerstown.
Prize: Photo printer sponsored by HP
Junior Cycle category winners:
1st ‘Pylon’ by Andrew Cole, 3rd year student in Wesley College, Ballinteer, Dublin 16.
Prize: Flip camcorder sponsored by CPL
2nd ‘The Road to the Future’ by Clare Keaveney Jimenez 2nd year student at Scoil Mhuire, Wellington Road, Cork City.
Prize: Photo printer sponsored by HP
Science Snaps is run by the Tyndall National Institute, a national facility
for research and development in information and communication technologies (ICT)
hardware www.tyndall.ie If you have queries about the completion contact the
Tyndall Outreach Officer, Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings, Cork. Tel.
021 4904181, Email sciencesnaps@tyndall.ie
The competition is supported by Science Week Ireland
www.scienceweek.ie and is sponsored by
Inspire www.inspirenano.com , the
Integrated NanoScience Platform for Ireland funded by the Higher Education
Authority Program for Research in Third Level Institutions (2007-2011).
Science Snaps prizes and exhibitions are generously sponsored by HP, DELL, Bus
Eireann and CPL.
