Science week at DCU
18 November 2002

Prof Richard O'Kennedy, from the School of Biotechnology, speaks to some secondary students

Over six hundred students attended Science Day in the Faculty of Science and Health on Wednesday 10 November. There was a great buzz about the Science Block as students made slime and ate ice cream made from Liquid Nitrogen among many other things.

As the first groups arrived in the morning, staff and students from all the schools within The Faculty of Science and Health were putting the finishing touches on demonstrations, experiments and dispalys. As groups of senior cycle students started to arrive they moved around the atrium of the Science Block leaving intermittently to receive tours of the various laboratories where more hands-on activities and experiments were waiting.

Students and teachers alike were particularly impressed by the tour of the new 25 million euro state of the art Nursing building. Other highlights included being electrocuted by a Van de Graph generator and making slime.

While the students were taking it all in the teachers could retreat to the Teacher's Room for a cup of tea and a chat.

Other events during science week included a lecture Music to your Ears, by Wendy Sadler,which was sponsored by the Institute of Physics. Stoneage genes and Space age Technology, a lecture by Dr Niall Moyna. The helix hosted a large Science on Stage event for young children. The Faculty of Science and Health hosted the Irish Science Teachers' Association Senior Science Quiz regional final.