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= Why does FIRST LEGO League Challenge include an Innovation Project? =
= [https://youtu.be/Ef4dEhXyRsc Video of Workshop Held on September 14, 2020] =
* Tie the annual theme to the real world
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* 21st Century Skills are critical to the children’s future
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** Critical thinking
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** Working as a team leveraging each others’ knowledge and skills
** Engineering and technology skills
** Connection to careers
** Addressing critical challenges
* Classroom instruction usually focuses on scientific method or provides the problem to be solved.  
* Gives the kids the opportunity to define a problem they care about and try to solve it.


= Famous FIRST LEGO League Innovative Solutions =
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= Outline of Workshop =
 
==Famous FIRST LEGO League Innovative Solutions==
* 3D printed hands for children
* 3D printed hands for children
* Washable barcodes for produce to make sure food is fresh
* Washable barcodes for produce to make sure food is fresh
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* Cigarette butt legislation in Washington state
* Cigarette butt legislation in Washington state


= Scientific Method versus Engineering Method =
==Importance of Innovation Project==
* Scientific process vs Engineering process
* Science asks questions, and looks for answers
* Engineering identifies problems and develops solutions
* Engineering process is often more practical in everyday life
* Project provides opportunity to engage in the engineering process
* Choose a problem
* Research what has already be done
* Develop a new or improved solution
* Present the solution
* It counts 25% towards overall tournament awards


== Scientific method is often ==
==Scientific Method versus Engineering Method==
* State a hypothesis
{| border=="1"
* Design an experiment
!Scientific method can be
* Collect data  
!Engineering method can be
* Analyze data
|-
* Make a conclusion
| State a hypothesis
* Identify future research
| Identify a real-world problem
* Publish
|-
| Research what is already known
| Research and analyze existing solutions
|-
| Design an experiment
| Identify possible improvements or new solutions
|-
| Collect data  
| Develop prototype(s)
|-
| Analyze data
| Pick a solution
|-
| Make a conclusion
| Get feedback
|-
| Identify future research
| Refine the solution
|-
| Publish
| Communicate and deploy
|}


== Engineering method is usually ==
==Engineering Design Process==
* Identify a problem
[[File:EngineeringDesignProcess.jpg]]
* Research and analyze existing solutions
* Identify possible improvements or new solutions
* Develop prototype(s)
* Pick a solution
* Get feedback
* Refine the solution
* Communicate and deploy


= Engineering Design Process =
==This Workshop==
* Presents a process that your team can use.
* Shares more ideas than they’ll actually be able use.
* Allows you to customize to age and experience of team.
* Provides starting points for their creativity.


= Identify a Problem =
==It’s the kids’ project!==
 Consider annual theme and the constraints it places on possible problems to consider.
* Don’t get so attached to working the project that it becomes more your project than the team’s project.
 Start with answering the sample questions from the challenge manual.
* Judges will ask how the team came up with their idea.
 Encourage personal interactions with the theme.
* Kids need to do the work; not the adults!
 If you already know an expert, what are they working on?
* Parents can play a supporting role.
 What are local universities doing in the area of the theme?
 Consider anything your team already knows, or is already interested in with regards to the theme.


= Research: “Dive Deep” =
==Additional Things To Keep in Mind==
 What is already being done to address the problem – why aren’t they working?
* Important to have an accurate and correct understanding of the challenge. 
 Has someone solved a similar problem, will that solution work in this case?
* Make sure team understands what kinds of problems are allowed by the challenge.
 Are there solutions, but they aren’t being used? Why? How could you change that?
* Kids may initially think of problems they have been studying in school and solve something outside the scope of the challenge.
 What is being developed, but isn’t finished yet?
* Kids (like many adults) have a tendency to jump to solution space, without a clear and understood problem statement.
 Can you help or suggest changes based on your research?
 Is there a group that is excluded by existing solutions, can you help them to be included?
 Keep track of sources and give credit.
 Experts can be consulted during this step and later.


= Design a Solution =
==The Innovative Project Rubric==
 How does the solution solve the problem?
* Identify: Clearly define a problem and research it well.
 What about it is new and different?
* Design: Generate innovative ideas independently before selecting and planning which to to develop.
 Why was it not being done already?
* Create: Develop an original idea or build on an existing one with a prototype model or drawing to represent a solution.
 How much does it cost? For who?
* Iterate: Share ideas, collecting feedback and including improvements in the solution.
 If your solution already exists, why does the problem still exist? Can you design a solution to THAT problem?
* Communicate: Share a creative and effective presentation of current solution and its impact on users.
 Solutions can be physical, social, legislative, or virtual – what works best for your problem? Why?
 Can your solution be made at this time?
 What other technology is needed to do this?  Star Trek style solutions are still welcome, but they are a tough sell with Oregon judges. You need to know your stuff!


= Example from a previous season when them was reduce, reuse, recycle =
==Identify a Problem==
 Solution: Turn plastic bags into rope – by twisting bags together we can make a very strong rope. We already have rope twisting technology we just need to collect and twist the bags. We tested our rope to show how it is stronger than other ropes.
* Consider [https://tinyurl.com/fllinnovation annual theme] regarding types of problems and the constraints it imposes.
 Solution: Pass legislation to ban the use of one-time use plastic bags being given away at stores. This prevents plastic bags from entering the environment and becoming a problem. We know this works because it is done in several other places.
* Watch the annual videos
 Solution: Park plastic bag collection bins. Make it easier for people to recycle plastic bags, by placing secure slender bins in parks and putting in place a volunteer program to collect the bags weekly to be taken to a local recycling facility. The team observed people threw bags in loose trash cans if a recycling option was a farther walk.
**[http://youtu.be/Azlq4bWumxI Teaser]
**[https://youtu.be/IxpXg5J5WdY Kickoff]
* Answer the sample questions from the challenge materials.
* Encourage personal interactions with the theme.
* If you already know an expert or a professional in the field, what are they working on that relates?
* What are local universities doing in the area of the theme?
* Consider anything your team already knows, or is already interested in with regards to the theme.


= Research and Share =
==Brainstorming to Choose a Problem==
 In your research your team should learn
* Round 1: Each team member suggests a “crazy” idea
 who else is working on this problem, or
* Round 2: Build on the initial suggestions
 who is in a position to use your solution.
* Assign a team member to be the recorder
 Your experts will have opinions and knowledge.
* high-tech or low-tech options, make sure the record is shared afterwards
 Listen to their criticism and be prepared to think critically about your solution given their feedback.
* Team members vote to select the top 2 - 4 ideas
 Do you need to make changes?
* Make sure the final ideas are clearly stated
 How would you address a similar criticism in the future?
* Begin research on the final ideas
 Remember the basics of a journal article:
* Reconvene
 Who, What, Where, Why, and How?
* Review the research
 You should know all of this for your solution.
* Choose one problem to pursue
 What would your solution cost?
 A good solution with a high cost needs to be justified.
 Especially as to why it is better than a lower cost solution.


= Fact from Fiction =
==Example from a previous season==
 There are lots of ideas on the internet, in books, and with our experts.
Trash Trek: reduce, reuse, recycle
 It is important to be able to tell
Dive Deep: Research the possible problem statements
• what is opinion,  
* What is already being done to address the problem – why aren’t they working or working well?
• what is a fact, and
* Has someone solved a similar problem, will that work for your team’s problem?
• what is fiction.
* Are there other possible solutions, but they aren’t being used? Why or why not? How could your team change that?
• Encourage team to use their critical thinking


= Test Your Idea =
==Dive Deep==
 When possible create a prototype and test it!
* What is already being done to address the problem – why aren’t they working or working well?
 If you can’t do build a prototype, can you
* Has someone solved a similar problem, will that work for your team’s problem?
 use someone else’s prototype or research results?  
* Are there other possible solutions, but they aren’t being used? Why or why not?
 can someone advise you on how your idea could be implemented and what the challenges be and how much it would cost?
* How could your team change that?
 draw your idea and how it would work?
* What is being developed, but isn’t finished yet? Can you help or suggest changes based on your research?
 build a model out of cardboard, wood or something else?
* Is there a group that is excluded by existing solutions, can your team help them to be included?
 explain how it would work and what the challenges would be?
* Keep track of sources and give credit.
How many people have done experiments that show your solution would work or at least address the problem?
* Teams can interview experts during this step and later.
 Is the information from multiple trusted sources?
 Your expert is great, but they are still only one person.
 Do their scientific peers agree?  
 Is it published in a peer-reviewed journal?
 Is it on Wikipedia?  
Is it in the Onion?
 Does it sound too good to be true?  
 Why hasn’t anyone else discovered this?


= What is Innovative? =
==Contacting professionals==
 Something completely new
* Opportunity for kids to interact with adults
 Using an existing solution in a new way – BE CAREFUL – the judges need to see how this is a new way too!
* Kids realize the impact and importance and relevance of local engineering.
 Improving something that already exists
* Opportunity to introduce FLL to the professional community
 Improving access to or awareness of an existing solution
* On site visits are best
 Making an existing solution easier to use.
* seeing where engineers work
* probably not feasible during pandemic
* Remember to thank everyone the team works with.


= Styrofoam to Glue for School =
==Brainstorm Possible Solutions==
 Existing Solution:
* Brainstorm possible solutions
 Orange Oil dissolves Styrofoam and turns it into glue. 
* Solutions can be
 The team learned this in their online research and tested it in their home.
* physical
 They even tested the strength of the glue.
* social
 Possible Innovative Solution: Create
* legislative
 a mixing device for making the glue; and
* virtual
 an app so that people
* What technologies are needed?
 can find schools that own the mixing devices and
* Are they currently available?
are collecting Styrofoam to make their own glue for schools.  
* Star Trek style solutions are still welcome, but they are a tough sell with Oregon judges.  
 Alternative: Adjusting the proportions or formula to make the glue perform better in certain circumstances.  There will often be trade offs.
* Know your stuff!
* Select finalists for further research


= Contacting professionals is important =
==What is Innovative?==
 Opportunity for kids to interact with adults
* Can be something completely new; or
 On site visits are best when possible
* Using an existing solution in a new way.
 Kids realize the impact and importance and relevance of local engineering.
* Be careful: The judges need to see how this is a new way too!
 Opportunity to introduce FLL to the professional community
* Improving something that already exists.
* Improving access to or awareness of an existing solution.
* Making an existing solution easier to use.


= Developing your presentation =
==Research Candidate Solutions==
 Can be any format that covers all the criteria
* What about team’s solution is new or different?
 Can be
* Why is it not already in place?
 Formal presentation
* If your solution already exists in some form,
 Skit
* Is there a problem with the current version?
 Anything criteria
* Can you design a solution to that problem?
 Avoid using technology that distracts from your idea and the word you did
* How much would your solution cost? Who pays for it?
 Make it personal
 Whole team should participate
 See YouTube for example [give examples]
 Practice, practice, practice with a live audience if possible
 Again: Cover all the aspects of the rubric


= Sharing your work =
==Example: How can the problem of plastic bags be solved?==
 At your school is good but consider also
* Solution: Turn plastic bags into rope
 Sharing with experts
** Some technologies to do this already exist.
 Those that could put it into practice
** Next steps: Cost analysis, efficiency improvements. Is the process environmentally sound?
 Those that could benefit
* Solution: Pass legislation to ban the use of single-use plastic bags.
 Gather feedback to make improvements this season or later for a future version
** Already in place in many municipalities
** Next steps: Understand what other have done, consider improving and how to make it more widely adopted.


= Things to Keep in Mind =
* Solution: Plastic bag collection bins in parks.
 Don’t get so attached to working the project that it becomes more your project than the team’s project
** Already present in many parks
 Kids need to do the work
** Next steps: Are they being used? What happens to the bags once they are collected?
 Write letters/email to the technical experts
==Research and Consult Experts About Solution==
 Develop their skit
* Who else is working on this problem?
 Assemble their poster – not just create the content
* Universities
 Take pictures for posters
* Professionals
 Come up with the problem & solution
* Businesses
* Public groups
* Who is in a position to use your solution?
* Your experts will have opinions and knowledge.
* Listen to their criticism.
* Be prepared to think critically about your solution given their feedback.
* Does your team need to make changes?
* How would your team address a similar criticism in the future?
* Share this information with the judges.


= Additional Things To Keep in Mind =
==Advisors and Potential Users==
 Important to have an accurate and correct understanding of the challenge.  What is considered a problem allowed by the challenge.
* Advisors can help team consider
 Kids will initially think of problems they have been studying in school – like global warming, and solve something outside the scope of the challenge.
**how their idea could be implemented
 Kids (like many adults) have a tendency to jump to solution space, without a clear and understood problem statement
** what the challenges may be
Judging
** how much it would cost
 You can do everything we have mentioned and still not do well.
* Potential users can help refine the idea
 Especially if you don’t share the right information with the judges.
** Who might use the idea?
 Consider the rubric carefully.
** How could the team reach them?
* Consider surveying advisors or potential users
** Can be done using a form or by interviewing
** Use both multiple-choice and open-ended questions
==Solution Research Considerations==
* Remember the basics of a journal article:
* Who, What, Where, Why, and How?
* You should know all of this for your solution.  
* Nothing in life is free, everything has a cost
* What would your solution cost.  
* A good solution with a high cost needs to be rationalized as to why it is better than a lower cost solution.
== Fact or Fiction?==
* Basics of research
** There are a lot of ideas out there
** Especially about problems that impact people directly
* It is important to be able to tell
** what is a fact
** what is opinion
** what is fiction


= Cover all the criteria on the rubric! =
==Create a Prototype or Drawing==
Clearly defined problem
* When possible create a prototype and test it!
 Well researched
* Use cardboard, wood or something else.
 Generated innovative ideas  
* If team can’t build a prototype they can create a drawing.
 Selected and planned one to develop
* Prototype or drawing should
 Developed original idea or built on an existing one
* Show solution
 Prototype or drawing
* Show how it will work
Share the ideas with experts and/or public
* Identify challenges
 Collect feedback
==Using Prototype or Model==
 Include improvements
* Drawing or building focuses the kids attention
* One type of prototype is a cell phone app
* For Android phones consider App Inventor
* appinventor.mit.edu
* A prototype doesn’t need to be complete or polished
* A concept prototype or model
* Illustrates team’s idea without actually implementing it
* Could be
* diagrams
* illustrations
* storyboard
* Another alternative: Taking an existing product and modifying it
* Test the prototype in some way: Function, usefulness, ..
==Styrofoam to Glue for School==
* Existing Solution: Orange Oil dissolves Styrofoam and turns it into glue. 
* The team learned this in their online research and tested it in their homes.
* They even tested the strength of the glue.
* Possible Innovative Solution: Two-Parts
* Create a mixing device for making the glue AND
* An app so that people
* can find schools that own the mixing devices AND
* can collect Styrofoam to make their own glue for schools.
* Additional considerations:
* Adjusting the proportions or formula to make the glue perform better in certain circumstances. 
* There will often be trade offs.
==Developing the Presentation==
* Can be any format that covers all the criteria, including:
** Formal presentation
** Skit
** Anything creative
* Remember that the medium should not distract from the message
* If there is a prototype:
** Show and tell
** Use a skit to show how it would be used
** Make it personal and fun
** Whole team participation
** Practice with a live audience if possible
==Sharing your work==
* Beyond presentations at school
* Present to experts in the field
* Share with populations that could be impacted
** Who uses it?
** Who benefits?
* Gather feedback to make improvements this season or later for a future version
==Judging==
Cover all the criteria on the rubric!
* Identify: Clearly define a problem and research it well.
* Design: Generate innovative ideas independently before selecting and planning which to to develop.
* Create: Develop an original idea or build on an existing one with a prototype model or drawing to represent a  solution.
* Iterate: Share ideas, collecting feedback and including improvements in the solution.
* Communicate: Share a creative and effective presentation of current solution and its impact on users.
You will have 5 minutes to creatively share all of this in a memorable way!


You have 5 minutes to creatively share all of this in a memorable way!
==Videos of Project Presentations==
* [http://youtu.be/7CN9vfeaBo0  Robation Project Performance at Oregon Championship]
* [http://youtu.be/VJ3cs9W83Ug Impressive presentation from a past season]

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Outline of Workshop

Famous FIRST LEGO League Innovative Solutions

  • 3D printed hands for children
  • Washable barcodes for produce to make sure food is fresh
  • Baby temperature monitor for car seats
  • Smart cane for visually impaired, using an ultrasonic sensor
  • Easy grip spoon for seniors and individuals with diseases like Parkinson’s
  • Cigarette butt legislation in Washington state

Importance of Innovation Project

  • Scientific process vs Engineering process
  • Science asks questions, and looks for answers
  • Engineering identifies problems and develops solutions
  • Engineering process is often more practical in everyday life
  • Project provides opportunity to engage in the engineering process
  • Choose a problem
  • Research what has already be done
  • Develop a new or improved solution
  • Present the solution
  • It counts 25% towards overall tournament awards

Scientific Method versus Engineering Method

Scientific method can be Engineering method can be
State a hypothesis Identify a real-world problem
Research what is already known Research and analyze existing solutions
Design an experiment Identify possible improvements or new solutions
Collect data Develop prototype(s)
Analyze data Pick a solution
Make a conclusion Get feedback
Identify future research Refine the solution
Publish Communicate and deploy

Engineering Design Process

This Workshop

  • Presents a process that your team can use.
  • Shares more ideas than they’ll actually be able use.
  • Allows you to customize to age and experience of team.
  • Provides starting points for their creativity.

It’s the kids’ project!

  • Don’t get so attached to working the project that it becomes more your project than the team’s project.
  • Judges will ask how the team came up with their idea.
  • Kids need to do the work; not the adults!
  • Parents can play a supporting role.

Additional Things To Keep in Mind

  • Important to have an accurate and correct understanding of the challenge.
  • Make sure team understands what kinds of problems are allowed by the challenge.
  • Kids may initially think of problems they have been studying in school and solve something outside the scope of the challenge.
  • Kids (like many adults) have a tendency to jump to solution space, without a clear and understood problem statement.

The Innovative Project Rubric

  • Identify: Clearly define a problem and research it well.
  • Design: Generate innovative ideas independently before selecting and planning which to to develop.
  • Create: Develop an original idea or build on an existing one with a prototype model or drawing to represent a solution.
  • Iterate: Share ideas, collecting feedback and including improvements in the solution.
  • Communicate: Share a creative and effective presentation of current solution and its impact on users.

Identify a Problem

  • Consider annual theme regarding types of problems and the constraints it imposes.
  • Watch the annual videos
  • Answer the sample questions from the challenge materials.
  • Encourage personal interactions with the theme.
  • If you already know an expert or a professional in the field, what are they working on that relates?
  • What are local universities doing in the area of the theme?
  • Consider anything your team already knows, or is already interested in with regards to the theme.

Brainstorming to Choose a Problem

  • Round 1: Each team member suggests a “crazy” idea
  • Round 2: Build on the initial suggestions
  • Assign a team member to be the recorder
  • high-tech or low-tech options, make sure the record is shared afterwards
  • Team members vote to select the top 2 - 4 ideas
  • Make sure the final ideas are clearly stated
  • Begin research on the final ideas
  • Reconvene
  • Review the research
  • Choose one problem to pursue

Example from a previous season

Trash Trek: reduce, reuse, recycle Dive Deep: Research the possible problem statements

  • What is already being done to address the problem – why aren’t they working or working well?
  • Has someone solved a similar problem, will that work for your team’s problem?
  • Are there other possible solutions, but they aren’t being used? Why or why not? How could your team change that?

Dive Deep

  • What is already being done to address the problem – why aren’t they working or working well?
  • Has someone solved a similar problem, will that work for your team’s problem?
  • Are there other possible solutions, but they aren’t being used? Why or why not?
  • How could your team change that?
  • What is being developed, but isn’t finished yet? Can you help or suggest changes based on your research?
  • Is there a group that is excluded by existing solutions, can your team help them to be included?
  • Keep track of sources and give credit.
  • Teams can interview experts during this step and later.

Contacting professionals

  • Opportunity for kids to interact with adults
  • Kids realize the impact and importance and relevance of local engineering.
  • Opportunity to introduce FLL to the professional community
  • On site visits are best
  • seeing where engineers work
  • probably not feasible during pandemic
  • Remember to thank everyone the team works with.

Brainstorm Possible Solutions

  • Brainstorm possible solutions
  • Solutions can be
  • physical
  • social
  • legislative
  • virtual
  • What technologies are needed?
  • Are they currently available?
  • Star Trek style solutions are still welcome, but they are a tough sell with Oregon judges.
  • Know your stuff!
  • Select finalists for further research

What is Innovative?

  • Can be something completely new; or
  • Using an existing solution in a new way.
  • Be careful: The judges need to see how this is a new way too!
  • Improving something that already exists.
  • Improving access to or awareness of an existing solution.
  • Making an existing solution easier to use.

Research Candidate Solutions

  • What about team’s solution is new or different?
  • Why is it not already in place?
  • If your solution already exists in some form,
  • Is there a problem with the current version?
  • Can you design a solution to that problem?
  • How much would your solution cost? Who pays for it?

Example: How can the problem of plastic bags be solved?

  • Solution: Turn plastic bags into rope
    • Some technologies to do this already exist.
    • Next steps: Cost analysis, efficiency improvements. Is the process environmentally sound?
  • Solution: Pass legislation to ban the use of single-use plastic bags.
    • Already in place in many municipalities
    • Next steps: Understand what other have done, consider improving and how to make it more widely adopted.
  • Solution: Plastic bag collection bins in parks.
    • Already present in many parks
    • Next steps: Are they being used? What happens to the bags once they are collected?

Research and Consult Experts About Solution

  • Who else is working on this problem?
  • Universities
  • Professionals
  • Businesses
  • Public groups
  • Who is in a position to use your solution?
  • Your experts will have opinions and knowledge.
  • Listen to their criticism.
  • Be prepared to think critically about your solution given their feedback.
  • Does your team need to make changes?
  • How would your team address a similar criticism in the future?
  • Share this information with the judges.

Advisors and Potential Users

  • Advisors can help team consider
    • how their idea could be implemented
    • what the challenges may be
    • how much it would cost
  • Potential users can help refine the idea
    • Who might use the idea?
    • How could the team reach them?
  • Consider surveying advisors or potential users
    • Can be done using a form or by interviewing
    • Use both multiple-choice and open-ended questions

Solution Research Considerations

  • Remember the basics of a journal article:
  • Who, What, Where, Why, and How?
  • You should know all of this for your solution.
  • Nothing in life is free, everything has a cost
  • What would your solution cost.
  • A good solution with a high cost needs to be rationalized as to why it is better than a lower cost solution.

Fact or Fiction?

  • Basics of research
    • There are a lot of ideas out there
    • Especially about problems that impact people directly
  • It is important to be able to tell
    • what is a fact
    • what is opinion
    • what is fiction

Create a Prototype or Drawing

  • When possible create a prototype and test it!
  • Use cardboard, wood or something else.
  • If team can’t build a prototype they can create a drawing.
  • Prototype or drawing should
  • Show solution
  • Show how it will work
  • Identify challenges

Using Prototype or Model

  • Drawing or building focuses the kids attention
  • One type of prototype is a cell phone app
  • For Android phones consider App Inventor
  • appinventor.mit.edu
  • A prototype doesn’t need to be complete or polished
  • A concept prototype or model
  • Illustrates team’s idea without actually implementing it
  • Could be
  • diagrams
  • illustrations
  • storyboard
  • Another alternative: Taking an existing product and modifying it
  • Test the prototype in some way: Function, usefulness, ..

Styrofoam to Glue for School

  • Existing Solution: Orange Oil dissolves Styrofoam and turns it into glue.
  • The team learned this in their online research and tested it in their homes.
  • They even tested the strength of the glue.
  • Possible Innovative Solution: Two-Parts
  • Create a mixing device for making the glue AND
  • An app so that people
  • can find schools that own the mixing devices AND
  • can collect Styrofoam to make their own glue for schools.
  • Additional considerations:
  • Adjusting the proportions or formula to make the glue perform better in certain circumstances.
  • There will often be trade offs.

Developing the Presentation

  • Can be any format that covers all the criteria, including:
    • Formal presentation
    • Skit
    • Anything creative
  • Remember that the medium should not distract from the message
  • If there is a prototype:
    • Show and tell
    • Use a skit to show how it would be used
    • Make it personal and fun
    • Whole team participation
    • Practice with a live audience if possible

Sharing your work

  • Beyond presentations at school
  • Present to experts in the field
  • Share with populations that could be impacted
    • Who uses it?
    • Who benefits?
  • Gather feedback to make improvements this season or later for a future version

Judging

Cover all the criteria on the rubric!

  • Identify: Clearly define a problem and research it well.
  • Design: Generate innovative ideas independently before selecting and planning which to to develop.
  • Create: Develop an original idea or build on an existing one with a prototype model or drawing to represent a solution.
  • Iterate: Share ideas, collecting feedback and including improvements in the solution.
  • Communicate: Share a creative and effective presentation of current solution and its impact on users.

You will have 5 minutes to creatively share all of this in a memorable way!

Videos of Project Presentations

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