Two Mayo groups win ReelLIFE SCIENCE awards
SHORT science videos made by young Irish filmmakers were honoured at the ReelLIFE SCIENCE Video Competition Awards on Friday as part of Science Week 2021 and the Galway Science and Technology Festival.
The videos ranged from debunking the Five Second Rule to exploring The Digestive System, and from measuring The Weight of the World to finding a Home for Bees.
Almost 500 short science films were entered into the competition by over 3,000 science enthusiasts from 135 schools and youth groups in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Winning videos were selected by a panel of guest judges including NASA astronaut Colonel Greg Johnson, UCD Professor of Zoology Emma Teeling and the 2021 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition winner, Greg Tarr from Bandon Grammar School in Cork.
Primary school competition runners-up were Scoil Phádraig from Westport whose sixth class pupils produced a video titled How Can We Use Magnetism to Make a New Toy?
The Foróige Hub, Castlebar, with support from youth worker Ruairi Kelly, won the €1,000 youth organisation first prize for their video, A Home for Bees.
The ReelLIFE SCIENCE programme challenges young people in schools and youth groups to engage with science and technology by producing short educational videos, while developing their communication and digital skills.
The winning videos can be viewed at https://reellifescience.com/ and https://youtu.be/JUV5TTLiXPg.