Hi Laura,
Yes, your team’s idea does fit the Body Forward Project Challenge.
Just make sure the device or tool (the solution) work directly with the body (system
– i.e. immune OR part – i.e. hands) to prevent the secondary
infection (the problem).
In addition, to be eligible for project awards you must have a
live presentation that:
• Describes your body part,
function, or system, the problem, and your team’s innovative solution
• Identifies at least one scientist,
engineer, or doctor who is working on the problem and tells about them
• Shows that your team did the
research and tells about the books, magazines, websites, reports, and other resources
you used to learn about your problem and those working on it
• Tell how you shared your research
findings with others
• Can be set up and presented in 5
minutes or less
You can also check on the FLL website for the most up to date project
FAQ (copy below), and if needed you can always e-mail your questions to [log in to unmask].
Cheers!
T. (Curt) Tran
Judges Advisor, TJHSST Regional ’09
Mentor Team #5390, Kilmer-I ’09
Mentor Team #8941, Kilmer-II ’09
Coach Team #324, Scitobor ’08
Coach Team #3563, Rabid Llama Lords ’07
Questions
about the Project? Email [log in to unmask]
Q: Can a team’s Project solution
focus on safety or prevention of the problem associated with the body part,
function or system chosen?
A: Yes. Once a
team has identified a body part, function or system to study further and has
chosen a related problem to focus on, their solution may be a device that can
prevent the problem from happening as long as the device is used directly with
the body in some way. The device or tool must work directly with the body
in order to prevent the problem from happening.
Q: Do safety-type or injury prevention devices
fit into the Body-Improved Category?
A: Yes. By
creating or improving a device that will work directly with the body to keep
the chosen body part safe from the problem researched, the team has created an
opportunity for the Body to be Improved.
Q: Must a team’s problem and solution
focus exclusively on the human body?
A: Yes. For the
Body Forward season we are only focusing on healing, repairing, and improving
the human body.
Q: Does our team have to find a solution that
would cure our problem or can we come up with a solution that would allow the
person to live more comfortably or successfully with the problem?
A: Your team can
absolutely come up with a solution that allows the person to live more
comfortably and successfully with a disease, injury, illness or a disability.
Remember your solution must directly impact the body in some way.
From: First Lego League
in Virginia and DC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Laura
Dysart
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 8:21 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [VADCFLL-L] project idea
I am the one with the kid on my team who had a super sci-fi
idea- we found enough issues that it just isn't going to be possible. Our team
is interested in pursuing a problem- the initial info was given by a biomedical
engineer at VCU who came to speak to the kids- problem is people die or get
very sick in hospitals due to a secondary infection from staff non-compliance
in hand- washing (seems small, but causes death and illness). Kids have
researched the impact of this already. System: immune, problem people get
seriously ill and die unnecessarily. Some devices are in the works- if our kids
came up with a "unique" ability to warn staff they have not washed
their hands (the assumption being health care professionals by profession don't
want to hurt patients by not washing their hands- they just get busy and
forget.... one of our team members was concerned that this would not actually
be considered bio- medical engineering- although a bio medical engineer
expressed it as one of the more important issues in the field. Does
anyone have any clue if this would not be considered bio-med engineering for
any reason? or is their a higher authority source we could check in with so we
don't waste time. laura Dysart:)
On Oct 6, 2010, at 7:39 PM, Tom Bove wrote:
The coaches handbook had a judge’s scoring/evaluation
criteria chart. Is there a copy on-line?
Thank you.
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