The class recently spilt into five groups and participated in the National Science Teacher Association’s (NSTA) Explorer Vision Project, a project which calls for students to design a piece of technology that would be useful 20 years from now.
“The basis of the project was technology, but the kids had to use a lot of math and science to complete it,” Hickman said. “This was very motivational.”
  
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Hickman’s class began working on the project the week before Thanksgiving break and she said her class had developed some solid ideas.
First, Lindi Congour, Faith Martinez, Ieshia Stroup and Demarco Lozano created a talking dog collar, which allows humans to be able to translate a dog’s bark. When the group began researching the project, they discovered a scientist at the University of Colorado who was in the process of creating a similar project. The girls said the scientist helped them develop their ideas.
Lindi Congour, one of dog collar developers and fifth grader, said her group came up with the idea for the collar because she thought it would help her at home.
“My dog is always barking,” Congour said. “We thought this would be good to have so we would know what our dog wanted and would stop barking.”
Shelby Gallegos, KC Lanuza, Erik Galvan and Caleb Archer designed the “Robo-maid,” a robotic maid that helps with chores around the house. Flor Ramos, Angelica Jayme and Simone Quezada created the “Intellifridge,” a refrigerator that scans food for its nutritional content without having to open it. Joe Florez, John Claice, Kyle Moreno and Kyle Hawks designed the “ultra bobber,” which is a bobber found on a fishing pole that delivers an electric charge to fish to allow handicapped people to successfully set the hook and reel in fish. And finally, Cy Hassell, Colton Wright, Tyler Gallegos and Felipe Magallanes created “the hoverstick,” a skateboard that hovers over the ground. The boys said they created it because they thought it would be popular with everyone.
Hickman said her Northside class was the only one to enter the contest in the Montrose Re-1J school district.
If any of Hickman’s students win, they will win the school a new laptop computer. In addition, each student who is a part of the winning group will earn a trip to the science fair in Washington D.C. and a college scholarship. The results will be announced in April.
“This would be huge for my students and huge for Montrose,” Hickman said.
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