💡 Innovation Project · 2026–27 BIOGLOW · Team 75465
Exploring how our community can manage mosquitoes while protecting public health and local biodiversity.
How can North Reading improve mosquito-control practices, protect local biodiversity, and help residents better understand mosquito management?
This is a guiding question while we investigate, not our final problem statement.
Our team became interested in mosquito control after observing mosquito-control activity around our community, including helicopter activity near local conservation areas. We wanted to understand how mosquito-control programs work, why they are necessary, and how they consider the surrounding ecosystem.
We contacted the North Reading Health Department and were connected with East Middlesex Mosquito Control. Our team then took an educational field trip to learn from mosquito-control professionals.
We are using this experience to investigate real-world challenges and develop an innovative, practical solution. This is an evidence-based investigation: we are asking questions and checking facts, not assuming answers.
Completed steps are marked with a tick. Everything else is still ahead of us.
5 of 9 steps completed
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Became curious about local mosquito-control activity.
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Started learning about mosquitoes, public health, and biodiversity.
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Contacted the North Reading Health Department and East Middlesex Mosquito Control.
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Visited mosquito-control professionals and learned about their work.
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Identify one specific, evidence-supported problem to solve.
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Brainstorm and evaluate possible approaches.
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Create a model, demonstration, or working prototype.
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Present the solution to experts and community members.
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Refine the solution and communicate our results.
Judges look at five areas. Open each one to see what we are aiming for and how far we have got.
Define a clear problem. Planned
Research the problem using multiple reliable sources. Planned
Include expert interviews and community findings. Planned
Collaborate as a team. Planned
Create a project plan. Planned
Brainstorm and compare possible solutions. Planned
Develop an innovative solution. Planned
Show a prototype, model, drawing, or demonstration. Planned
Explain how the solution works. Planned
Share the solution with experts and community members. Planned
Collect feedback. Planned
Document improvements made because of that feedback. Planned
Explain the problem and solution clearly. Planned
Describe the potential community impact. Planned
Share what the team learned. Planned
We plan to invite North Reading residents to share their experiences and questions about mosquito control. Your voice would help us understand what matters to our neighbours.
The survey is not open yet. Our coaches will review every question, and how answers are handled, before it is shared.
Planned to be short, voluntary and anonymous, and written for adults. It will not ask for names, email addresses, street addresses or any other identifying details.
These are ideas we are exploring. They are plans, not confirmed events.
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We only add things here once they are checked and true. Empty sections just mean we are still working on them.
Nothing here yet. Questions we are trying to answer.
Nothing here yet. Facts we have checked against reliable sources.
Nothing here yet. Where our information came from.
Nothing here yet. What we learned from people who work on this every day.
Nothing here yet. Results will appear here only after a coach has approved the survey and it has been run.
Nothing here yet. Added only when we have permission to share them.
Nothing here yet. What surprised us and what we would do differently.
We are using what we learned from our research and field trip to identify a specific problem and develop a solution. Follow our progress as our ideas take shape.
What will appear here
Current Phase: Design
Build a reliable robot that can complete the BioGlow missions.
This season our robot, RoboFun, is built to tackle the BioGlow field. We focused on a low center of gravity and quick-swap attachments so we can change tools between missions.
We designed a sturdy chassis and a modular attachment system.
