The winners of the SEA-SEIS Drawing & Rap Competition winners have just been announced!
Primary and secondary school students were invited to create artwork and music inspired by the science of SEA-SEIS, a project run by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies which ventured far out into the Atlantic last October to deploy earth-listening devices called seismometers to the bottom of the sea.
And the response to the competitions was huge with hundreds of entries being submitted from schools and students all across Ireland and from as far afield as Italy.
Exploring Science through Art The competitions encouraged students to think about the science behind the SEA-SEIS mission which deployed 18 seismometers around Ireland’s territorial waters.
The locations of the 18 deployed seismometers
The SEA-SEIS science team really enjoyed looking through all the entries in the competitions
There were two competitions open to students; a drawing competition for primary schools and a song & rap competition for secondary schools.
The SEA-SEIS Drawing Competition for Primary Schools winners listed below, received specially-made SEA-SEIS calendars which feature a selection of the best artwork submitted by the students.
Competition winners! Students received the specially made calendars which feature their artwork
The SEA-SEIS Song and Rap Competition for Secondary Schools saw an excellent range of entries with a variety of original takes on earth science and seismology at sea. The competition for the Grand Prize was fierce and, in the end, the top prize was shared by two entries.
Grand Prize and Special Mention for Best SEA-SEIS song: “The Earth is so alive inside it’s always movin’.” Lyrics by James Moore, class 2.1, music by Luke Shiels and Killian Taylor, 6yr, science teacher: John Bourke. Presentation College Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Grand Prize and Special Mention for Best Performance: “When you want to measure the shaking…” By Caren Lara Chilewitz, Albane Charmeil, Astrid Jaubert, Sabrina O’Connell, Kacey Philippe, 2nd year Science and Technology class (4eme, science teacher: Céline Tirel), Lycée Français d’Irlande, Dublin.
Both Grand Prize winning groups received the original SEA-SEIS flash drives (16GB, waterproof to 100 m depth), one for each student in the group and one for their teacher. Classes contributing entries that received Special Prizes and Mentions received inspirational science books, specially selected by the SEA-SEIS Team. Recipients of a Special Mention also received fun SEA-SEIS pens.
Listen to the winning song & rap competition entries here
The Grand Prize winning groups receive the original SEA-SEIS flash drives (16GB, waterproof to 100 m depth)
Classes contributing entries that received Special Prizes and Mentions will receive inspirational science books, specially selected by the SEA-SEIS Team.
The SEA-SEIS team combined a selection of the artwork and songs into a video. Check it out below!
The mission to retrieve the 18 seismometers, with all the data that has been recorded by the devices, will take place in 2020.
If you’d like to find out more about the SEA-SEIS mission and the competition winners, visit the official website here.
The complete list of SEA-SEIS Drawing Competition for Primary Schools winners:
- Ivy Ahmadi, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Sara Ammendola, Classe 5B, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Nicole Baker, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Caoimhe Barrett, Glencastle National School, Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Liam Bennett, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Giovanni Benincasa, Classe 5B, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Alessio Berlingeri, Classe 5B, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Anello Berlingeri, Classe 5B, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Pio Berlingeri, Classe 5A, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Antonio Bevilacqua, Classe 5B, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Daria Bevilacqua, Classe 5A, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Luca Blohm, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Lucy Bohan, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Alessio Bruno, Classe 5A, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Tara Carey, 4th class, Glencastle National School, Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Sarah Carolan, Glencastle National School, Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Harry Clancy, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Mark Cleary, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Ruby Corless, Glencastle National School, Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Francesca Cristiano, Classe 5A, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Adam Cunneen, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Mattia De Fazio, Classe 5A, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Cormac Dillon, Scoil Naomh Molaise, Grange, Co. Sligo
- Niamh Dillon, Scoil Naomh Molaise, Grange, Co. Sligo
- Giulia Domenicano, Classe 5B, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Danny Feeney, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Jack Gaughan, 5th class, Glencastle National School, Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Katie Gaughan, 6th class, Glencastle National School, Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Maria Gibbons, 4th class, Glencastle National School, Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Alice Gigliotti, Classe 5B, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Gioia Gigliotti, Classe 5A, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- James Grady, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Giovannino Grillo, Classe 5B, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Miriam Hamdi, Classe 5A, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Daniel Hayes, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- John Howard, Glencastle National School, Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Francesco Ianello, Classe 5A, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Michael Kavanagh, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Freddy Kelly, Glencastle National School, Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Rory Kirwan, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Léo Lebedev-Tirel, The Learning Circle, The Coast, Dublin
- Sasha Lebedev-Tirel, Belmayne Educate Together National School, Dublin
- Maya Longo, Classe 5B, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Jack Lynch, 5th class, Glencastle National School, Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Lorenzo Maglia, Classe 5B, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Vanessa Immacolata Marasco, Classe 5A, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Neo Mezzapelle, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Tadhg Murphy, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Keelin O’Brien Crosland, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Bebhinn OConnell, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Giovanni Leonardo Pagliuso, Classe 5B, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Ben Patterson, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Chiara Perri, Classe 5A, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Giorgia Perri, Classe 5B, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Alfie Perrott, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Arianna Pironaggi, Classe 5A, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Eli Reid, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Amy Rose Robinson, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Sarah Jane Robinson, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Benedetta Romano, Classe 5A, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Luis Alfredo Romano, Classe 5B, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Simon Shirley, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Kirstie Tuite, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Gigliotti Valentino, Classe 5A, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Giuseppe Villella, Classe 5B, Istituto Comprensivo Don Lorenzo Milani, Lamezia Terme, Italy
- Conor Walsh, Glencastle National School, Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Daniel Walsh, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Freddy Walshe, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Amber Whelan, Alleyleix South National School, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
