Discover Sensors Award

Discover Sensors, a Junior Certificate Science support project of Discover Science and Engineering, is delighted to be involved in SciFest 2011 and will be presenting a Discover Sensors Award at each host Institute of Technology.

		Winner
		School Prize: trophy
		Student Prize: €50 (group €100) in one4all vouchers
		Teacher Prize: €50 one4all voucher
		Highly Commended
		School Prize: trophy
		Student Prize: €30 (group €60) in one4all vouchers
		Teacher Prize: €30 one4all voucher

www.discoversensors.ie

Discover Sensors Award Criteria
The Discover Sensors award is presented to a student science project which demonstrates a high level of application of investigative science methodologies that include the innovative use of one or more sensors for the collection, recording and analysis of data.
The Discover Sensors award criteria are closely aligned with those of the Junior Certificate Science Coursework B and are based on the following three key areas:

The students’ application of scientific methods
The students’ demonstration of scientific process skills
The students’ presentation and analysis of data and results

Each project entering into the Discover Sensors Award must keep a blog of their SciFest project on Project Blogger. Full details of how to set up a blog and a step by step guide are available on the Project Blogger website (www.projectblogger.ie)

• Teachers can set-up blog accounts for themselves and their students on Project Blogger
• Check out the SciFest area to see examples of last year’s projects Scifest student blogs!
• Teachers can download a copy of the scoring rubric for the Discover Sensors Award at: Scoring Rubric

The Discover Sensors project constitutes a partnership of the Second Level Support Service (SLSS), the National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE), the Education Centre Network, Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) and Discover Science and Engineering (DSE). The project aims to support investigative teaching and learning of science at Junior Certificate, aided by the use of sensor technology.