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Monday, May 25, 2020

Hello, my name is Isabella and I will be tracking our Gray Tray idea progress. I will be asking every group their progress on the project that day, taking notes and then writing it into LaunchPad. These groups include Website Developer, Social Media Campaign Director, Visual Aid Director, and Marketing Director. When I take notes I will be sure to add specific details and write exactly what was said to make our progress accurate on LaunchPad. This is a crucial job and needs to be taken very seriously. This will help us remember what progress we have done and what still needs to be done.


October 22, 2019
We began doing research with the several ideas we have brainstormed. Some of our ideas were as follows: an EQ Fitbit, VR training/tutoring, and a more efficient water purifier. We researched competitors, how our products can benefit, beyond our original thoughts, and how our process to produce our product could possibly be.


January 6, 2020
We finally settled on our idea, a grey water system. To settle on our idea, we voted on the advantages and disadvantages of all of our products and whichever product we felt had the most advantages, we chose. We voted on categories such as Feasibility, Creativity, and Originality. In the end, the grey water system won! This idea breaks boundaries, is creative, and is original. Our next step will be to create a title, slogan, and logo.


January 8, 2020:
We began creating logos, slogans, and titles. We got into groups of 3-5 and brainstormed. We also started thinking about the idea of getting jobs which we’d begin getting more into, in the near future.



January 15, 2020
The members of our group voted on our logos, slogans, and titles. Our logo looks futuristic but still follows our theme of a grey water system. Our slogan is “Saving Cash With a Splash.” The title we chose was “Gray Water”. This isn’t necessarily our final idea, but we have an idea of what we want for our final product.


January 27, 2020
We began considering what jobs we would like to have for the duration of Expo Fest. Everyone looked at all the job descriptions and were thinking about which jobs would be the best fit for them, based on their interests and skills. We narrowed them down to the top three best jobs we should have. We wrote them on a Google Form and then we were waiting until our teacher sorted our jobs. She had to do this so we wouldn’t have multiple people doing the same job.


January 30, 2020
Today, our group knew what jobs everyone has. For example, Analilia is now our Biographer, Alyssa is our Market Researcher, and Diya is our Math Consultant. Not only did we find out what our jobs were, the group began actually using our “ job titles” to use.


February 3, 2020
Our group continued performing their jobs. We also began doing research for our project. But before brainstorming, we thought of some key ideas we should be researching such as spending on styrofoam trays and possible soaps we can use such as vegan soaps.


February 13, 2020
Sam, the Oral Presenter, created our personal website. We created it on Google Sites. We created different sections on our websites such as “Project Idea” and “Problem”. Almamoun edits most of the website because he is the Website Developer. He will do the majority of the work with the help of people like Adam ( Lead Researcher ).


February 21, 2020
Our director gave us the news of Expo Prep. We were so excited that we immediately started making our slides for this special event. We worked collaboratively to be as prepared as we could be for Expo Prep. We kept in mind to add our key points on the slides. We are so excited to be able to be a part of Expo Prep.


March 6, 2020
Carter and Fernando, the Interviewers, are working closely together in order to finish writing the script for Expo Prep. Sam is the Oral Presenter which means he’s going to present the slides. He’s been editing the script and adding key points to help him while presenting. Alyssa, the Market Researcher, has been working with Karry, the Project Manager, in order to complete a survey for teachers and parents for STEM Night. Freddy, the Science Consultant, has been conducting an experiment to count how many trash bags are thrown out every lunch wave. His goal is to figure out how much waste we produce within a time spawn of one week. Kristopher, the Video Director, is trying to build a small replica of the project. He would like to use in a commercial he has been working on.

March 12, 2020
Today our group got to meet with some Expo Fest leaders. We presented our idea and got honest feedback on what we could do to improve our pitch and overall project. After the presentation our group began critically discussing how we can use the feedback and edit our idea. Expo Prep was helpful in terms of our progress with the project. We got the chance to review research shortages that we had with the hydroponic towers and the ph levels for our greywater.

April 31st, 2020
We got new information from our Expo teacher, Ms.Anker. There is a zoom meeting set for the 5th of May. We are SO excited! It's been a minute since we've heard any new news from the Expo team at Skills21 but we are so happy that we're going to be getting new information about our position regarding the ExpoFest event.

May 5, 2020
Our group got in a call via Zoom and began discussing the new expectations for Expo Fest. We began getting clarity on what direction we plan on heading with the project.

May 7, 2020
We've started to separate ourselves into groups similar to when we first started on this project but now we have fewer people due to the recent circumstances. We now have a student leader, Diya, and Ms.Anker and the rest of the teachers who have been helping us on our project have created a GoogleClassroom page for updates, zoom sessions, and information regarding ExpoFest. This will help keep us on track and help us maintain a standard of productivity that is now at the utmost importance due to the recent closure of schools and the shutdowns of events.

May 9th, 2020
Today we've begun to plan out defined groups, our ideas, to-do lists and our launchpad deadline as well as our concept paper. We've started to plan out social media post and have started to get started in our presentation.
May 15th, 2020
We are planning our pitch script and have started to finalize our presentation which is almost ready for our pitch which will be presented in the coming weeks! Our instagram posts are being planned and sent out by our teacher and mentor, Ms.Anker. We've been researching up on the cost of styrofoam and creating citations for them immediately so we don't lose track of our websites.
May 21st, 2020
We are almost close to our pitch date!! We've completed and finalized our presentation as well as our script. Diya and I have been practicing on zoom along with Karry, Ms.Lombardi, Mrs. Gray, and Ms. Anker and we've tried to fix connection issues, tech issues, noise issues, speed issues and more. We can't wait!!
May 25th, 2020
Our launchpad is due in about 2 days and we're just finalizing everything from launchpad to our concept paper and more. We are so thankful for this opportunity and are so happy to have gotten this far! Thank you ExpoFest!
TEMS 8th Grade Expo Team


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Concept Paper

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Executive Summary:

The Gray Tray is a mechanism which utilizes reusable plastic trays. It takes plastic lunch trays and cleans them with fresh water only to take the used water and utilize it for other facilities. The water is then filtered through two different strainers, a metal mesh and a fine foam sheet in two different containers. After the water is filtered through the two strainers it can be brought to greenhouses, in order for it to be used for the plants or hydroponic towers. It can also be used for student and staff facilities, as well as outdoor gardens and fields. The Gray Tray can be located in the cafeterias and the water will be transported manually. If the product was completed with a plumbing system, it could be applied in closed loop systems to transport the water to different parts of the building. Our product is eco-friendly and sustainable for schools. The plastic trays will reduce the cost of trays by about $30,000 rather than using styrofoam trays. The Gray Tray is a mechanism that is built to be unique for each school’s needs. The product can be potentially used internationally as well as any industry, corporation, facility, warehouse, school, university, and hospital within our nation. Being easy to use and high quality, Gray Tray is the only product that is specifically designed and customized to meet individual corporations needs. With its stellar ease of use and durability, it will prevent water, air and landfill pollution, as well as help save budget money for institutions.









Project Description:

As a nation, we are slowly starting to become more and more aware of the detrimental impacts of wasting resources such as water and food as well as overusing resources such as plastic and styrofoam. People are putting increasing amounts of time to raise awareness over environmental issues such as the overuse of styrofoam trays, plenty of which are most commonly found in lunchrooms, and the expenses that come along with them. School systems spend more money by purchasing non-reusable styrofoam trays than those who use reusable plastic trays. The average amount of public usage in water consumption is approximately 200 - 500 gallons of water in a single day. The average amount of industrial water usage in water consumption is approximately 100 - 300 million gallons of water per day. At this rate, future generations will have less and less freshwater available to them. The Gray Tray reduces daily water waste with a 4 step process. When plastic, reusable lunch trays are put onto a conveyor belt, the Gray Tray mechanism washes the trays with water and vegan friendly dish soap. This soap is also approved by the Connecticut health department and doesn’t violate any codes or health policies. When washed, the major food particles and contaminants are strained out by a mesh strainer. While the trays are being washed, the dirty water or grey water, is collecting directly underneath the mechanism in a large container. This container would then be separated once more into another container, which has a fine foam filter sheet that separates the oil and grease from the water. Our product may have a slightly complex mechanism, but it’s user-friendly for consumers. They simply have to grab their meal, eat it, drop off the tray and go on with their day. This provides easy usage for customers and progressively benefits the corporation that is utilizing our product.


Investigations:

We conducted several surveys and distributed them via platforms such as StudentSquare, ParentSquare, Google Classroom and through email. Specific questions were generated for students, staff, teachers, administration, and parents. Our collected data provided a variety of unique demographics, which allowed us to better understand how our product would specifically benefit each group. We asked students significant questions such as, "Do you feel that as a society we do the following...(use too much styrofoam, eat & waste too much food. Are a throwaway society, or use earth's resources recklessly)" And through this student survey we found that 25.4% believed that we are responsible for using earth's resources recklessly, 26.8% believed that we use too much styrofoam, 22.5% believed that we are a "throwaway" society, and 25.4% believed that we eat & waste too much food. We also asked our teachers & staff the following question, "What do you believe is the most beneficial grey water efficiency method?" The options were purchasing different trays, washing mechanisms, or both. With the answers received, we discovered that 20.9% believed that by purchasing trays other than styrofoam our school would benefit, 4.7% believed that we would benefit by using a washing mechanism and 74.4% believed that we would benefit from doing both. We also surveyed the parents of the students that attend TEMS and asked them the following question, "Do you believe that instead of using styrofoam trays, our school would benefit from plastic trays that would be recycled throughout the years?" We found that 17.6% of the parents believed that we would not benefit from this and 82.4% believed that we would benefit from this.
Through research, we discovered that about 100% of styrofoam waste goes to landfill and water pollution, proving that almost 0% of the styrofoam used is actually being recycled. As a nation, we also use about 3 million tons of styrofoam per year for various products. We found that domestic water usage accounts for about 250 - 500 gallons of water per day in a single household. Through our research we discovered that Connecticut sits on four different aquifers and so water shortage isn’t a huge issue in this state (in the short term). However other states and countries are not as lucky and are dealing with water shortages on horrific levels. 2 billion people live in countries that are experiencing high water stress (UN, 2019). 80% of wastewater flows back into the ecosystem without being treated or reused (UNESCO, 2017) and agriculture is accounting for about 70% of global water withdrawal (FAO). Through the state’s health codes and policies we found that Connecticut doesn’t have any legislation controlling the use or the reuse of greywater. The majority of their regulations against greywater is controlled by the DEEP and would need permission from their guidelines and departments to have our product used in schools.



Conclusions:

Several conclusions were drawn after administering and analyzing our student, staff and parent survey data. More than 70% of our staff believed that our school (and many more across the globe), would benefit incredibly from the use of our product. We would also be putting less strain on rivers by reducing the demand of potable water by approximately 40% with our product creating 20% - 40% of reused water. With students, staff, teachers, administration, and parents on board with our idea, we’ve concluded that through the use of our product, we would be ensuring sustainable freshwater for future generations to come.
With what we have learned about freshwater shortages we can conclude that with the use of our product, Gray Tray, we would reduce the amount of pollution in water, landfills, and air. With gallons upon gallons of water being used per household, the amount that’s used in schools would be significantly larger. Through the reusement of water, we would reduce the rates of untreated water by about 20% given that commercial enterprises and institutions are using our product. Furthermore, on average it takes 500 years for Styrofoam to break down, and it’s known to release toxic chemicals such as ground-level ozone which is a hazardous air pollutant. This means that not only is styrofoam responsible for landfill and water pollution, but for air pollution as well.
With health codes and policies changing every year, greywater has still not become defined by law in the state of Connecticut. This means that any product, mechanism, or plan of recycling freshwater must be approved by DEEP in order to get authorized for the use in public systems such as schools, hospitals, industries, warehouses, corporations, and universities.

Target Market Research & Analysis:

Due to the substantial size of our product, our consumers would be commercial enterprises looking for a sustainable approach on water and plastic, as well as schools, institutions, and hospitals that are looking to do the same. Gray Tray was created and designed upon the functionalities of a school, but through tweaks and adjustments, we can accommodate our product to meet the needs of others. Commercial enterprises would benefit from our product due to their constantly changing approach on being environmentally friendly and promoting sustainable living. For example, Pepsi has made advances to their cups so they are eco-friendly. By doing so, they’ve promoted going green to their consumers. With our product, big corporations and industries could use GrayTray for their cafeterias where hundreds of workers go to consume their daily lunch. Through the consumption of an everyday meal, they would be helping their workplace become more eco-friendly and saving the amount of freshwater used in the vicinity. When the GrayTray was created, it was specifically designed to benefit students and staff that go to our school. We later accommodated it to meet others’ needs as well. Due to the initial concept being developed for schools, institutions should be our most focused target. Institutions such as Wabash College (Crawfordsville, Indiana) and Wichita State University (Wichita, Kansas) have no concrete system on recycling their use of plastic and are known for their plummeting rates in environmental friendly practices. Institutions such as these and schools across the nation are in desperate need for a mechanism that will recycle water and redirect it into areas where it can be reused. Similarly, hospitals are stuck in the same situation. With thousands of patients to care for, the lack of environmentally friendly dishes and reuse of water isn't the number one concern in most hospitals. With styrofoam trays causing increase in air pollution when biodegraded, even within a 500 years time frame, this has potential to cause escalating lung disease rates and more health risks that would harm several citizens in the long run. Keeping this in mind, hospitals would benefit incredibly from the use of GrayTray. With tons of patient families and healthcare workers taking breaks for lunch and breakfast, as well as cafeteria workers and staff, our product would make it easier for the hospital by reusing their water and nutrients. From the use of our product in institutions to hospitals, our profit margin would still maintain its rate of 20%, but prices would be accommodated based on the location, need and materials of each corporation.

Technical Specs:

Background:

This project idea all got started on the day after the ExpoFest kick off. When our group returned from the kick off, we sat in the library and had a big brainstorming session. Originally the Gray Tray was not in our brainstorming list. It was actually two different ideas that we had. The two ideas were non-styrofoam lunch trays and grey water sustainability. At first we had six main ideas, we separated into six small groups to research each one and presented them to the class. Then we voted on which one we would like to proceed with. Once we were finally invested in the Gray Tray, we didn’t hesitate to get started. Everyday during our twenty minute STEM class we conducted a ton of research and worked collaboratively, until Covid-19 hit us and we all had to stay home. When the school announced that we would be on temporary leave on March 13th, the project had been put on hold for 2-3 weeks. When we finally resumed with the project, a good number of us had left the group for various reasons. Our STEM teacher gave us the option to withdraw from the project, without penalty, due to the new distance learning expectations. From a class of 21 students, we were reduced to 8 members. And with so little people left and the deadline coming up so fast, the group of 8 had to work non-stop to get the project up to date and finished. Zoom calls played a big role in our project during quarantine. We Zoomed frequently with our mentors, teacher, and peers as well as the Skills 21 team. We even created a Google Classroom page so we could post daily announcements and assign jobs that needed to get done. Instagram posts were also being planned and posted daily. Soon the pitch presentation and script were made and then the big pitch came. The pitch was a good experience and brought in a sense of professionalism and maturity. This brings us to today, with our team scrambling to get to the finish line by completing the concept paper and cleaning up the launchpad. Getting more anxious everyday, dying to know the final results, we are all very motivated to keep this project going to the end.

Goals:

With Gray Tray, our hope is that it will help schools and institutions save their budget money by using our eco-friendly mechanism. Also, we aspire to encourage kids and adults to practice being eco-friendly, as well as educate them on the importance of going green. Water conservation and reducing land, water and air pollution are two huge benefits of our product. The Gray Tray is hoping to be used in other corporations, industries, and hospitals. Hopefully the Gray Tray will teach others the importance of being more consevative, and will help them be more aware of how we can use this product to save and sustain resources for future generations.

Plan:

Right from the start, our group of 21 members was very determined to create something wonderful that would help save the earth (even if it is just by a little bit). After the ExpoFest kickoff we started to brainstorm right away, all while keeping the idea of breaking boundaries in mind. When the idea was set into place, research was constantly conducted. We researched just about everything that we could think of. The following months consisted of creating slides, pitches and continuing our research into health codes, policies and state laws regarding the repurposing of water. Just as we were about to start making the product model and collecting data, we were faced with a surprising break (Covid-19). This was unfortunate since the day before we were to quarantine, we had our own ExpoFest prep with Skills 21. We were all really eager to change and fix our concept, but due to this pandemic everyone was shocked and didn’t know where to go from the next day. The project had been put on hold for a few weeks until we had a chance to meet with the Expofest teachers and the Skills21 team. A Google Classroom was created soon after that, which helped our team stay organized and focused. The project was soon back up and running, running at a fast pace trying to catch up and make up the loss time. Zoom calls were scheduled weekly to check on each other, answer questions and to collaborate on certain parts of the project. Soon the big pitch came, a presentation and pitch was made in time to catch the deadline and to present to the judges. Now final edits are being made to the concept paper and then will be submitted to launchpad. This project was a bit more laid back when we were at school and had all 21 team members on board. But due to the closure of school, we have lost a significant amount of members. We are now down to 8 committed team members that are working on this project to make it sensational and to complete it all the way to the finish line. It has been quite a challenge with less people since now we have a greater workload than before and more responsibility. But we’ve managed to pull through and have gained skills of accountability, responsibility and maturity in the process.


Attachments
CONCEPT PAPER: THE GRAY TRAY
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