Westmeath students are invited to enter two competitions for Science Week this year. Discover Science and Engineering (DSE ) is holding an essay competition for primary and secondary schools students and is running a separate photography competition for secondary school students.
The theme for Science Week 2008 is ‘Science – Shaping Our World’ and DSE is inviting entries with the theme as title of the essay. Essays can either be a fictional story that reflects how science has shaped the world we live in. Alternatively it could be a non-fictional story, based on a factual event or topic that is positively, or even negatively, shaping our world. The closing date for entries is 5pm on Friday October 17 and a selection of the best essays will be published on the Science Week website once the winners are announced. For more information please visit www.scienceweek.ie Science Snaps is a photography competition run in conjunction with Tyndall National Institute, Cork where students are asked to take a ‘snap’ of the science, engineering or technology around them. Photographs must also capture this year’s Science Week theme ‘Science - Shaping Our World’. Closing date for receipt of entries is Monday October 20. Winners will be announced and receive prizes during Science Week. Entry forms can be downloaded from www.tyndall.ie/sciencesnaps/ Full details on both competitions can be found on www.scienceweek.ie
