THE PROJECTDun! Dun! Dun!...

Early Season First meeting:

› everyone shared challenge theme research › Scope of challenge theme determined

Second meeting:› A trip to the library to try to find

biomedical literature › Fieldtrip to a biotechnology lab at Itineris

High School

Brainstorming Third meeting:

› Everyone wrote down or drew ideas for new biomedical ideas

› Shared and discussed ideas

› Combined several ideas to come up with basic idea of the Dii (Diabetic Information Implant)

Meeting With Mentors

Dr. Booth from Itineris High School. We shared our ideas with him and he sent us some peer reviewed journal articles

Jaymie Patterson, a high school student from Itineris High School, helped us do a Pub Med search for related innovations

Tiana Cook, a physicist, taught us about battery storage

Research Everybody researched a different part of the Dii

› Blood battery research› Current blood glucose monitors› Wireless communication (e.g., bluetooth)› Biomedical compatibility› Cost and feasibility› Diabetic patient interest survey

We shared our research with Pi Pod team members

Every member wrote a small summary of their research for our poster

Summaries became part of our presentation

Experimenting We experimented with our “blood”

battery model using Gatorade®

We experimented some more and then some more

We developed a prototype to simulate a carbon nanotube blood battery

Share the Idea We shared our idea with Trina Brown, a

nurse practitioner from Utah Diabetes Clinic

We shared our idea with Dr. Hansen, a physician with lada diabetes

We shared our idea with many adults and children that have diabetes

Modified skit for more formal presentation› Link

Coaches Role Teach but let team members apply the

principles Set up mentor meetings Prepare the team members and the

mentors Feedback to team members should be

in the form of a question

Food Factor Season Helps

Watch project video› Link to FLL Global Youtube channel

Challenges tend to be broad rather than narrow

Dean Kamen interview provides a clue› Link to interview