The GLOWS team felt it was essential to include educators because their commitment to enriching education has been inspiring to witness. The educator category is something new for the Kootenay Contraption Contest. The school bell for recess is an age old symbol for PLAY! Most people remember them as students, waiting and hoping so hard that the time would move faster until…you hear the wonderful sound of that bell.Īs everyone can imagine, schools have changed a lot because of COVID-19 and Anita Vibe won the Educator Prize in the Kootenay Contraption Contest because she identified a challenge to solve: There are too many bells right now at school to ensure a flawless circulation in the hallways. The future is bright!Īnita Vibe Takes Home Prize in New Category for Educators! Being distracted is most likely a challenge a lot of students are facing at school or homeschool and we thought the “Distract Be Gone” Hat solved this problem.” Said Laura Vache, KAST’s Community Engagement CoordinatorĬongratulations Emily! Your contraption is a beautiful example of why our team here at KAST is proud to offer Growing and Learning Opportunities With STEAM to the youth in our region. Not only was her innovative, but she clearly gave it a lot of thought and we could identify that through her explanation.
“What we really appreciated with Emily’s contraption is that she clearly named what her problem was. “They have to connect with a female inventor for one step of the badge, and I’m an engineer, so I did some creativity exercises and brainstorming with them, and it was up to them to finish it.”Ĭontraptions were judged based on the following criteria: if the contraption answered the question, clarity, presentation, creativity, innovation and of course – if the contraption solved the problem.
“It was a natural connection!” said Simonen. We connected with her leader Anne Simonen to find out more. The prize bundle wasn’t the only reward for the eight year old third grade winner! Emily’s “Distract Be Gone” Hat earned her the Inventor Badge through her Nelson Community Girl Guides unit.
CONTRAPTION MAKER BADGES BLUETOOTH
The GLOWS team hopes if she does build her contraption that she can integrate her new bluetooth headset into her design! I guess all those enthusiastic late night conversations about her Contraption paid off! We are in the process of building the Distract-Be-Gone for real world testing soon!” said her father, Brad McCandlish.Įmily’s solution-orientated contraption has won her the grand prize bundle donated by Nelson-based business, Phoenix Computers + Technology! Emily has one more distracting screen now because her prize bundle includes a Samsung Galaxy Tab A tablet, Philips bluetooth headset and a Polk Audio waterproof speaker.
CONTRAPTION MAKER BADGES SERIES
Emily really got into this competition with a series of revisions to her plan before reaching the final design. “After three days of continuous talking and drawing her contraption, I was pretty proud of the results she came up with. Create a contraption to solve this problem so that students/Educators of the future won’t have the same challenge.”Įmily gets distracted when she’s at homeschool, so she created the “Distract Be Gone” hat to help her stay focused on her school work, drown out noises and block distracting screens. “Think about a challenge you’re facing at school or homeschool. It was clear from the moment our judges reviewed her contraption that we reached a kid who understood the purpose of the Kootenay Contraption Contest and delivered a contraption that clearly and simply answered the 2020 Kootenay Contraption Question:
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