A New Solution!

We came up with a new solution. Well, actually, the Publics Work Director over the City Of Driggs, Jared Gunderson, and our team captain Zed, came up with it because we talked about our Project with Mr. Gunderson. By the way, the old solution had a flaw because it would be to expensive to allow trucks through (minimum of 16'). So our new solution is HDPE pipe, six inches in diameter with water from the closest hot springs, two feet underground, to melt ice of the road. Zed did a 3d model of it with Blender, which I took a screenshot of:

See the pipes under the road? They are carrying water from hot springs that Mr. Gunderson told us we could find almost anywhere. No wonder I don't see any snow or ice!

"Create an Innovative Solution"

Now, a solution. We came up with a Metal/Plexiglas Cover over the existing road. It would have a door for people to get in and out of at the places where they park, and would have small heaters to keep the snow from caving it in. This enables people to get safely, and efficiently across, with Plexiglas at the parts where the view is nice, and metal at the parts where it is most dangerous. What problems are there? There's a list below.

• It is expensive.
• The pass would most likely have to close while construction.

But that's pretty much it. So it's a good idea.

"Identify A Problem"

So, now we need to find a problem. Here in Teton Valley, a lot of people work across the pass in Jackson Hole. This is a problem, because in the winter the roads get very icy and slick, which often leads to slow driving and closed roads. We have friends who get stuck on either end, or in the middle. What can we do? Think about it.

FLL 2009 Project

This year the FLL Theme is Transportation. One of the main parts of FLL is called the Project. For the Project, your team creates a presentation based on the theme for that year. The Project has specific things for your team to research and figure out. A link to this year's Project can be found in the Links sidebar to the right.

This year the Project challenges you to find a specific kind of problem in your community and think of creative ways to solve it. More details can be found on the Project page, which is linked to in the sidebar.

The first part of the Project is to Identify a problem with transportation in your community, whether it be your school, your neighborhood, your city, your county, or your country.

Next, make a list of the ways things get in, out, around, and through your community.

Once you finish the list, choose a way to get around. Find out more about it. How is it dangerous? Is it efficient enough? What keeps it from getting place to place? Research this.

Now find a solution. What can be done to fix this problem? How can it help? Is it possible?

Finally, share it with your community(this blog is our way). Tell about the problem, and how the solution will help. Now you need a way to show it to the judges. Do a skit. A commercial. Make a poster.

This is the Project.

The Project presentation in front of the judges can take a maximum time of five minutes.