5th & 6th class visited Cavan Institute on Monday as part of Science Week. They worked in the science lab and got to complete a whole range of experiments. The Science lecturer went through a PowerPoint presentation which focused on the Science of microbes and also explained about the harmful effects of consuming too much sugar. The children then swabbed their mouths/teeth and placed the results on petri dishes, examined onion cells under a microscope, examined the amounts of sugar in a whole range of foods and saw how the shell of an egg, which had been left in Coca Cola, completely dissolved!
Each child then got to see if their egg, which they had wrapped up in a whole range of protective layers, managed to survive being dropped from a height!
Before heading back to school, the children enjoyed some treats.
A huge thank you to Deirdre Donnelly for organising the trip to Cavan Institute. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience.