Giraffe Habitat Challenge Winners

For Science Week 2019, Dublin Zoo with their sustainability partner, SSE Airtricty, challenged primary and secondary school children to design a sustainable giraffe habitat for the growing giraffe herd in Dublin Zoo.

To help the young scientists, engineers and animal enthusiasts with their projects, the Discovery and Learning Team held a number of Giraffe Habitat Workshops which featured insights from a team of professionals including Team Leader Helen Clarke Bennett, engineers with the Hayes Higgins Partnership and Mia Fahy McCarthy, Head of Sustainability in SSE Airtricity.

The participants in the Giraffe Habitat Challenge sent in a video of the best giraffe habitat design from their class and the winners have been chosen by a panel of experts from Dublin Zoo and SSE Airtricty.

The overall primary and secondary school winners have received a generous €2,000 off their school’s electricity bill with the runners-up winning a trip to W5, Belfast’s exciting science and discovery centre.

Check out the amazing winners below!

Primary School Winner
Prize – €2,000 off school electricity sponsored by SSE Airtricity

Paddock National School, Laois
4th class
Teacher – Bernadette Fitzpatrick

Emma Heffernan, Taidhg Dalton, Daniel Whelan, Daniel Cuddy and Sarah Lalor

 

Primary School Runner Up
Prize – class trip to W5 for 30 students and 3 teachers including transport sponsored by SSE Airtricity

St Andrews College Junior School, Booterstown, Co. Dublin
4^th  class
Teacher – Sarah McCormack

 

Secondary School Winner
Prize – €2,000 off school electricity sponsored by SSE Airtricity

O’Connells Secondary School, Drumcondra, D1
2^nd and 3^rd year
Teacher – Sinead Reilly and Anne-Marie Nestor

Iosif Dragoi, McKenzie O’Connor, Darragh Flynn Kenny, James Redmond
Luan Gashi, Galilejus Kalenda

 

Secondary School Runner Up
Prize – class trip to W5 for 30 students and 3 teachers including transport sponsored by SSE Airtricity

Elphin Community Colllege, Roscommon
Transition Year
Teacher – Cathal O’Dowd

 

Thank you to all that entered, and congratulations to the winners!