• Question: What would you do with the prize money?

    Asked by Wispa7911 to Alison, Stephen, Sita, Rory, Hannah, Brian on 4 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by 874speq52, Hollander1996.
    • Photo: Alison Dufresne

      Alison Dufresne answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      I want to give it to UL’s STEM Outreach department to fund more activities! I got to go to an engineering summer camp when I was 15 and it really helped me get a feel for what going to University would be like which motivated me. 🙂

    • Photo: Hannah Currivan

      Hannah Currivan answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      I want to give it to the secondary school I attended. I want them to use the €500 on science/engineering workshops to give to the girls. 🙂 🙂 🙂
      I found my secondary school very supportive of me and I would like to give something back to them and the girls. 🙂 🙂 🙂

    • Photo: Sita Karki

      Sita Karki answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      With the prize money I would like the students to create their science project in a group and compete for the prize. Students can bring their parents and showcase their talents. The science projects can be anything fun such as making small volcanos, rockets etc and other people will vote for the best one.

    • Photo: Stephen O'Connor

      Stephen O'Connor answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      I would like to make some YouTube videos on space for students in Ireland to watch. I think that would be useful because:

      1. I want to help Irish students learn more about space, science and engineering but I don’t live in Ireland at the moment. It is difficult for me to travel to schools to give talks or presentations, but with a YouTube channel I could still speak to you by making some interesting videos to watch.

      2. The videos could be watched by a wider audience and as many times as you wish.

      3. It would be fun to get feedback in the comments and answer more questions.

      4. I can upload more videos if they are popular.

    • Photo: Rory Scarrott

      Rory Scarrott answered on 15 Mar 2019:

      I want to do a series of school visits to show how using space tech, we are taking the pulse of our planet re. Climate Change.

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