Science in CBS Kilkenny
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For individual subject pages, click: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Junior Science.
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For individual subject pages, click: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Junior Science.
Click for Science related News page.
First year class project
Junior Science is a very enjoyable subject for incoming first years. Students study all three branches of Science: Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
The Biology section focuses on the main systems of the human and plants. It includes dissections of the heart, lungs and kidneys! It also looks at ecology and the importance of protecting the environment.
The Biology section focuses on the main systems of the human and plants. It includes dissections of the heart, lungs and kidneys! It also looks at ecology and the importance of protecting the environment.
Second year students dissecting kidneys
The Chemistry section is very much the experiment filled part of the course. It involves examining different techniques of separating substances, the treatment of water, air and oxygen, acids and bases and finally atoms and how they bond together.
Third year students reacting acids and bases
The Physics section examines the world around us and looks at how we can study and explain changes in matter. It too contains lots of experiments to illustrate topics covered in class.
The Junior Science syllabus examination is split into two parts: one a written exam that is worth 75% and the other an experiment booklet which the students fill out at the end of their third year worth 25%. The second part is based on all the experiments done throughout the course and 2 separate experiments set by the SEC which the students carry out and write up a report on.
The CBS is well catered for with 4 fully stocked laboratories. The experiments in the course make the subject very accessible to the students as it makes any complex idea applicable to their everyday lives.
The Junior Science syllabus examination is split into two parts: one a written exam that is worth 75% and the other an experiment booklet which the students fill out at the end of their third year worth 25%. The second part is based on all the experiments done throughout the course and 2 separate experiments set by the SEC which the students carry out and write up a report on.
The CBS is well catered for with 4 fully stocked laboratories. The experiments in the course make the subject very accessible to the students as it makes any complex idea applicable to their everyday lives.
The chemistry lab ready for an experiment
Here in the CBS we encourage discovery-based learning where the students learn by doing the experiments themselves. Throughout the three-year course as the students develop a better understanding of the subject the experiments and topics become more challenging but the experiments also become more rewarding and interesting!
Junior Science is a very important subject for students as it opens the door to Senior Biology, Senior Chemistry and Senior Physics in fifth year. These subjects in turn can give the students access to many interesting science and engineering courses in college.
Junior Science is a very important subject for students as it opens the door to Senior Biology, Senior Chemistry and Senior Physics in fifth year. These subjects in turn can give the students access to many interesting science and engineering courses in college.
Some first years painting a periodic table for a class project
Textbook
The CBS uses the textbook Exploring Science (Third Edition) by Michael O’Callaghan, Seamus Reilly and Pat Doyle which is published by EdCo.
