VERY enthusiastic transition year students from St Brigid’s Secondary School in Killarney attended the informative PEXpo physical education expo in Dublin City University in association with the Physical Education Association of Ireland.
The event provided them with the opportunity to present research-based projects on various psychomotor, cognitive and emotional aspects of physical education and sport.
St Brigid’s student Shauna White completed a project on how protein works to build muscle and for her great work she was deemed the peer award winner.
Kate O’Sullivan and Alice O’Donoghue conducted an extensive investigation into dance-related injuries, social pressure associated with Irish dance and the impact it has on mental well-being.
Lyselle O’Shea and Olivia Goulding, meanwhile, did a study on the science behind the main causes of ACL injuries while Marie and Grace Courtney, along with Lia Murphy, did research to determine whether endorphins are addictive.
Shauna Somers, Edel Sweetman and Leah O’Connor researched performance enhancing drugs and their psychological impact while Julie Delaney, Ciara Moynihan and Holly Power studied the importance of rapid recovery after exercise.
Isabelle Murphy, Sarah Fleming, Leah Burke and Tara McMonagle researched the impact of stress on sports performance.
Founded in 2015, the main aim of PEXpo was to promote PE as a subject in Ireland and to encourage students to research related topics. The competition examines the science behind sport and the categories for which projects can be entered include ICT and sports photography, inclusion, sports psychology, components of fitness and nutrition.
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