Edmonds School District STEM Expo 2019 April 29, 2018 6:00-8:00pm Mountlake Terrace High School
This is an exciting new opportunity to use STEM to team up with the City of Lynnwood to explore and propose solutions to authentic issues in the community! Students in Grades 4-12 can contribute to tackling these challenges, with options for expert guest speakers and field trips. Teachers can register participating students as individuals, teams, or even as a whole class. Representatives from the City of Lynnwood will visit final projects at the STEM Expo. Try your hand at any of the challenges. The Lynnwood Mayor s Challenge The following slides have details on each of the challenges. Try your hand at any one of them. Challenge #1: Lynnwood Parks Invasive Plant Inventory and Control Challenge #2: Lynnwood Sidewalk Slope Analysis Challenge #3: Civic Campus Parking and Safety Challenge #4: VHF Radio Mapping Challenge #5: Freeway Commuter Alert System for Transit Center Parking Challenge #6: Outreach Program for Lynnwood Storm and Sewer Utilities Please contact Mary Glodowski glodowskim@edmonds.wednet.edu for more information on participating in the STEM Expo, and for information on guest speakers or field trips.
Issue: Lynndale Park is becoming inundated by invasive plants. Challenge #1: Lynnwood Parks Invasive Plant Inventory and Control Project Description: The project proposal is for students to conduct an inventory of invasive plant material and create a remediation plan for removal at Lynndale Park. Lynndale Park is Lynnwood s second oldest park, opening in 1969. It is also Lynnwood s largest park, located north of Lynndale Elementary School in west Lynnwood. Approximately 22 acres of the park are preserved as native forest, with athletic fields, tennis and basketball courts, Skate Park and off Leash Dog Area. Lynndale Park is also the site of several summer performances and Kamp Kookamunga Create a physical and/or virtual map showing locations, size, and species of invasive plants in Lynndale Park Develop a remediation plan for removal including, best practices and estimated timelines of phasing of implementation Construct Google Street View style imaging of Lynndale Park s trails
Issue: Lynnwood has received complaints about sidewalk and curb ramps not being in compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards. Challenge #2: Lynnwood Sidewalk Slope Analysis Project Description: The project proposal is for students to identify potential trip hazards and slopes that are not in compliance with ADA standards. The students will need to determine the best method to collect and present the data. This could include using a remote-control car to determine slope and trip hazards or using drones with supervision from Lynnwood s GIS coordinator. Prepare a database of logged trip hazards Create a database of slopes not in compliance with ADA standards Develop a budget friendly resolution Devise a reporting system for citizens Prepare a safety analysis of the walking routes in Lynnwood school areas
Issue: Concerns have risen about the safety on Lynnwood s Civic Campus due to a lack of lighting. Lynnwood is also looking to add more parking while improving the walkability of the campus. Challenge # 3: Lynnwood Civic Campus Parking and Safety Project Description: Students will look at parking, lighting, safety and walkability across the entire Civic Campus. The lighting components should be looked at first and be able to accommodate current parking layout and be incorporated into the final layout parking and walkability. This is important because it will save the City in possible cost incurrence from demolishing newly installed lighting if the parking lots are reconfigured. Create a lighting layout that addresses evening hours use Perform a parking counts analysis to determine need for additional parking Develop a parking layout that accommodates a 50% growth in parking Design a walkability layout that safely gets users from 44 th Ave W, buildings on campus and parking lots to City Hall while being in compliance with ADA Standards
Issue: Lynnwood s radio repeater at City Hall has some areas around Lynnwood that do not reach its coverage. This is a backup way to communicate when cell phone towers and Internet are not working. Challenge #4: VHF Radio Mapping Project Description: Students, with assistance from Lynnwood s Traffic Engineer, will use VHF radios or other methods to determine areas of Lynnwood that do not receive coverage from the radio repeater. Map of all Radio Silent or unreachable places in Lynnwood Identify patterns or common geographic elements where wireless radios cannot reach the repeater Propose ideas on how to get radios to receive coverage in areas with no coverage
Issue: Park and Ride Interstate-5 commuters can miss their bus from Lynnwood into Seattle because they don t know the bus station parking lot is full until after exiting freeway. If drivers knew that the parking lot was full before reaching the freeway exit at Lynnwood, they could drive to Mountlake Terrace Park and Ride, park their vehicle, and still catch the southbound bus into Seattle. Challenge #5: Freeway Commuter Alert system for Lynnwood Transit Center Parking Project Description: Students will need to address how this issue can be verified or quantified. They will need to figure out what data will need to be collected and how. If a potential issue is identified and an alert system would be deemed appropriate, students will need to explore how to solve the problem. Collect and present data verifying issue Prepare written justification for a Transit Center Parking alert system Propose a method for delivering alerts to drivers
Issue: Lynnwood s storm systems are constantly polluted by pet waste that hasn t been properly disposed, fertilizers, soaps, detergents, leaks from cars, and many other things. Lynnwood s sewers are polluted with products that wreak havoc on our sanitary sewer system, such as flushable wet wipes, by clogging pipes, getting tangled in pumps, and by not breaking down. How should we communicate this message to the public to get them to change their behavior? Challenge #6: Outreach Program for Lynnwood Storm and Sewer Utilities Project Description: Students will need to construct an outreach program designed to educate the public about what materials are appropriate to be disposed of in our sewer systems, along with a program aimed at educating the public on how to reduce runoff pollution into our storm systems. Students could also conduct an impervious surface analysis of Lynnwood s Civic Campus or their school and propose a method to reduce the stormwater runoff for the site. Create a Sewer System Educational Outreach Commercial/Advertisement/Program Create a Storm System Educational Outreach Commercial/Advertisement/Program Conduct an Impervious Surface Analysis of the Lynnwood Civic Campus or School and propose a method for reducing runoff.
The International Rules for Pre-college Science Research: Guidelines for Science and Engineering Fairs is published each year to support students doing independent research safely. They are the official rules of the Intel ISEF and affiliated science fair, as well as the Edmonds School District STEM Expo. Overview of Safety Regulations for the STEM Expo The purpose of these rules is to: protect the rights and welfare of the student researcher and of the human participant to make sure federal regulations are followed and safe engineering and lab practices are used protect the environment determine eligibility for participation in the STEM Expo and other STEM competitions and events Do you plan to use any of the following in your STEM Expo project? Human Subjects, in any way, even for surveys or opinions Vertebrate Animals (animals with a backbone) Animal Tissues Microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, viruses) Recombinant DNA Technologies Radiation Controlled or Hazardous Substances Explosives or Firearms Chemicals not generally found in the household If you answered YES to any of the above: You or your teacher must request a copy of the STEM Expo Safety Regulation summary from Mary Glodowski glodowskim@edmonds.wednet.edu. This will help you determine if your project can be approved by your teacher, will need to be modified, or if you need to consult the STEM Expo Safety Team. If you answered NO to all of the above your teacher may approve your plans.