Congratulations to Eden Leavy Cassidy from Réalt Na Mara School in Dundalk who has won the fifth class category in a HSE sponsored competition as part of Science Foundation Ireland's Science Week 2014 to highlight the issue of superbugs, the importance of keeping hands clean and preventing the spread of infection. Over 2,000 children from around the country entered the competition. Eden designed a superbug called Rayza to win the competition.
The website www.ebug.eu is an EU wide educational tool provided free, through the HSE, for classroom and home use.
Over 2,000 children from
around the country have designed their very own superbugs to highlight the
importance of keeping their hands clean and preventing the spread of infections.
The HSE sponsored competition took place as part of Science Foundation
Ireland’s Science Week 2014, and to promote www.ebug.eu an EU wide educational tool provided free, through the HSE,
for classroom and home use. This site is a great resource for teachers, parents and children to have fun while learning about microbes and how to protect themselves from infection. It includes lots of classroom activities, lesson plans for teachers, and online games. The e-bug website has a dedicated section for Ireland and is available in both English and Irish.
To see all the winners of the competition go to http://hse.ie/eng/health/hl/hcaiamr/handhygiene/resourceschildren/
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