10DTE: Feedback on Growing Innovations NZ Challenge

My Thrilling Experience in The Growing Innovations NZ Challenge!

Introduction
For a part of this term, we have been working in self-chosen groups on a challenge called The Growing Innovations NZ Challenge. It is a challenge where groups are faced with a certain agriculture-task that is required to be or at least as close to being solved. We all had presented our ideas in our class in a pitch-type format which ended up being an awesome idea! Here is my feedback on what experiences we had whilst doing this, and how it was fun!

Groups:

-Moisty Billboard

-Special Needs

-Team 4

-W.O.R.D

-(The Rest I Don't Know)

Reflection

I thought that this challenge had gone well and it provided many opportunities in the areas of learning, developing, and creativity. I enjoyed working in self-chosen groups as you could actually feel comfortable in the groups that you were working with. In our groups, we were each presented with tasks, which we all contributed and my group made our own science board project which ended up looking amazing! We had to choose 2 enablers at a minimum and the ones that my group chose were NS(Network & Sensors) and HHP(High Hydrostatic Pressure). The challenge that my group was given was Maintaining Water Supply. Our task was to create a new way for farmers to locate a change in water pressure so that they can do what is needed to fix it. Using the NS and HHP enablers we created a prototype which was practically a smoke alarm turned and modified into a water tester. This prototype actually looked the part! We then presented this in a pitch-style presentation which went well and we spoke loudly and clearly to the target audience which was our DTE class. 

I enjoyed the process of researching about this smoke alarm turned into a water detector as it looked like quite a cool and fancy process. My team was the Moisty Billboard team and in it were Johnny, Braxton, and I (The same as Normal). I chose these people because, last time in our app developing task, we worked well together and finished the task up to a good standard. We chose these enablers as it directly related to our topic being water, pressure, and changes in the water. Overall, I really enjoyed working in groups rather than individually, as it gets more work done and you feel comfortable with the group that you are working with. This was a great challenge!

Question

Have you heard or have even participated in this challenge?

What are your thoughts on a working leakage detector from a smoke alarm?