15 Meath school projects for BT Young Scientist Exhibition

Fifteen projects from Meath schools have advanced to the finals of the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2025.

Projects from seven Meath schools have impressed the judges and made it to the January final.

St Joseph's Mercy has once again demonstrated its commitment to excellence in STEAM education with four projects by Transition Year students among the finalists.

The four Mercy projects are: 'Mouth vs Nose: the Breath Battle' by Eppie Clarke and Saoirse McGovern, which explores the impact of breathing techniques on exam performance.

'Is your head in the game' by Maria Mcloughlin and Salomeja Slusnyte, which investigates the influence of mental warm-ups on camogie training performance.

'Feel the way' by Caroline Asiruvatham and Niamh Bonallie, which aims to create a visual aid to assist visually impaired individuals in navigating outdoor environments.

'Chess your IQ' by Manal Fantazi and Grace Gibbs, which examines the potential cognitive benefits of learning chess, focusing on the impact of age.

The students were mentored by teachers Bronagh Farrell and Fiona Leavy.

Boyne Community School has two projects in the final - 'How do the people around us affect our productivity?' and 'The Trial Of Dave', both of which are entered in the Social & Behavioural Sciences category.

A team from Ashbourne Community School has qualified in the Technology category with their project 'Dickens vs. Skynet: How Large is an LLM?'

Loreto Secondary School in Navan has qualified in the Technology section with 'Gamifying a fun approach to recycling and litter collection.'

Eureka Secondary School has three projects in the final. 'Neuro-Logic: How accommodating are accommodations?' is entered in the Social and Behavioural Sciences category while 'Neuro Cognitive olfactory programming' is in the Health & Wellbeing section. 'Shining a light on stargardts disease' has also qualified in the Health & Wellbeing section.

St Patrick’s Classical School has two finalists in the Technology section - 'The high lift ' and 'FutureDev'.

Coláiste na Mí also has two projects in the final. 'Chemical compounds and their balance with nature with mushrooms' is in the Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences category and 'Speechumpy' Speech Development App has qualified in the Social and Behavioural Sciences Group.

Over 4,000 students from 352 schools showcased their innovation and ingenuity through the 2,069 project entries received for the BTYSTE 2025. Tackling a broad range of topics relating to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), the 550 shortlisted projects will represent their schools at the BTYSTE from 8-11th January.