Thousands of members of the public descended upon the RDS in Dublin for day two of the 61st BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) today, which also saw the curtain lift on this year’s Primary Science Fair.
The Primary Science Fair, which is an integral, non-competitive part of the exhibition, gives third to sixth class primary school students across Ireland the chance to learn more about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), make friends, and have fun!
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This year, over 1,000 primary school students representing 35 schools across Ireland are showcasing their projects at the RDS Dublin today, January 09 and tomorrow, January 10. The ideas that students have developed across the seventy projects on display cover a wide range of STEM topics, such as biodiversity, energy forces and living things. The projects are judged by former BTYSTE overall winners, some of whom previously participated in the Primary Science Fair themselves, and who volunteer their time to support the growth of interest in STEM in younger generations.
Elsewhere at the RDS, the anticipation is mounting amongst the BTYSTE participants, as in just twenty-fours’ time, the winning projects will be announced. Finalists were at the ready to showcase their projects to the judging panel.
Speaking on the judging process, Dr Peter Taylor, 2025 BTYSTE judge said: ‘’It’s an honour to be a part of the judging panel at the 61st BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition and join all the team at BT Ireland in celebrating 25 years as custodian of this phenomenal event. I feel very lucky to have played a part at the exhibition throughout those years, first as a participant and overall winner in 2001 and now for several years judging the amazing projects from finalists. This year has been no different when it comes to the calibre of entries on display, and the judges and I have an extremely challenging task of choosing the winners in the hours ahead.
The BTYSTE was my first exposure to the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and the exhibition played no small part in steering my career into a STEM field. I am delighted to see so many young people in Ireland enter the exhibition each year, and to see the event itself evolve into the national and cultural institution it has become today. I congratulate all this year’s finalists for their incredible work – they should be extremely proud for getting this far.’’
Tomorrow, final judging and deliberation will get underway from early, before the 2025 BTYSTE awards ceremony begins at 5:30pm. Anticipation is already building to find out which projects will be recognised this year, in addition to the announcement of the overall winner for 2025. Additionally, 60 brilliant stands from the exhibition’s partners, including the Department of Education, Analog
Devices, Amgen, Stripe and RTÉ will be set up throughout the RDS.
For more information on the exhibition, please visit the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition website or follow @BTYSTE on Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), YouTube or Snapchat.
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