Students at the concluding ceremony.
Qatar University Young Scientists Center (QU-YSC) concluded an educational and sports journey in which groups of distinguished students joined the 8th cycle of the Science in Sports programme.
An award ceremony was held to celebrate the end of the ceremony with participating students, athletes from the Qatar Olympic Committee, invited guests and researchers from Qatar University.
QU announced that 22 male and female students from the tenth and eleventh grades participated in a scientific workshop in which they carried out a variety of activities related to sports sciences. The programme is concerned with providing students with a different educational experience, where scientific STEM topics are studied in a sport framework, stimulating knowledge acquisition and its practical application. The programme aims to consolidate new scientific foundations in the minds of secondary school students and introduce them to scientific fields such as sports engineering and sports materials science and their impact on playing methods and players’ efficiency.
One of the reasons for the success of this cycle of the programme was the cooperation with the QOC, represented in the participation of athletes as leaders for the groups.
During the honouring ceremony, students’ innovative achievements were presented. The students showcased reinvented sports played in Qatar in the past and developed tools to make them more modern. The games included Al-Karim and Al-Dahrouj. In designing various sports equipment, the students focused on using materials that do not harm the environment, relying on the principle of reusing to reduce waste, and applying the concept of sustainability.
Al Rayyan Stadium group was awarded with the first place and Khalifa Stadium group in the second place, both from Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys. The third place went to students of Al Janoub Stadium group from Rabaa Al-Adawiya Secondary School for Girls. Lusail Stadium group from Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys and the Education City Stadium group from Zubaida Secondary School for Girls were honoured as the most committed groups.
Prof. Noora Al Thani, Director of QU-YSC, praised the students’ achievements, creativity and perseverance throughout the programme and said, “We congratulate all the winning students for their achievements that resulted from research, perseverance, investigation and innovative. What distinguishes the centre’s programmes is the integration of students into reality and activities that attract them.”
