Deforestation Solutions Worksheet — FLL Team #76265 "Lego Legends" • BIOGLOW

🎯 The Mission

Welcome to the FLL Innovation Project Challenge! Deforestation threatens forests, wildlife, and ecosystems across the globe. Your mission is to explore a specific problem caused by or linked to deforestation, design a creative real-world solution, and test whether it can work!

💡 Inspiration Box: Team Brainstorm Ideas

Click any idea below to spark your proposal!

🍂 Alternative Paper & Materials

Making paper from fallen autumn leaves, agricultural waste, or fast-growing bamboo instead of cutting trees.

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🧬 Super-Trees & Bio-Tech / Grafting

Combining plant species to create hardy, fast-growing, or disease-resistant trees for reforested areas.

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🚁 Smart Planting & Habitat Shelters

Designing bio-degradable seed capsules, drone drop-pods, or temporary micro-shelters for displaced animals.

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🛰️ Smarter Rules & Protections

Creating community app-based tree tracking, smart sensors that alert forest rangers to illegal logging, or eco-incentive systems.

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Step 1

Choose Your Idea & Problem Statement

Define the specific challenge & big solution

What specific deforestation problem are you focusing on? (e.g., Too many trees cut down for paper, soil erosion after clear-cutting, loss of animal habitats)

What is your team's proposed solution idea? (Describe how your idea solves or prevents this problem)

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Judge Tip: FLL Judges love clear, focused problem statements! Make sure you can state your problem in 1–2 easy sentences.

Step 2

Research Check (Has someone already invented this?)

Spend 5 minutes on a search or reviewing books

Existing Tools & Companies: What products, technology, or projects already exist that are similar to your idea?

The "Judge Secret" (Building On Existing Solutions): How does your team's idea build on or improve what already exists?

Step 3

Innovation Check (What is our special twist?)

What makes your solution unique and standout?

What is your solution's "Superpower"? (Check all that apply)

It is cheaper to make or build. It works faster than existing methods. It uses recycled or natural materials. It is easier for local communities to use. It uses new technology in a clever way.

Explain your team's special twist in detail:

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Judge Tip: Innovation doesn't mean inventing magic! Combining two existing ideas in a clever new way is a fantastic innovation.

Step 4

Feasibility & Hands-On Experiment Check

Great ideas need real-world testing!

Materials, Tech & Experts Needed: What supplies or community experts (botanists, foresters, engineers) do you need to consult?

Our Hands-On Experiment / Testing Idea: (Select one or write your own)

🌱 Grafting / Plant Test: Try grafting plant stems or testing stem growth across different soil types.

🍂 Leaf/Plant Paper Test: Blend dried leaves or agricultural husks with water and starch to create non-wood paper.

🌧️ Soil Erosion Test: Pour water over bare soil vs. root-covered soil to see which holds together better.

🔬 Custom Prototype Test:

What did you learn (or expect to learn) from this test?

Step 5

Impact Check (Who or what does it save?)

Measure the positive change your innovation brings!

🌲 Trees & Forests:

🦊 Animals & Habitats:

💧 Soil, Water, or Air:

🏘️ Human Communities:

Step 6

Your 1-Minute Pitch Deliverable

Prepare to present your progress to your team!

📋 Pitch Preparation Checklist

I can explain the problem clearly in 20 seconds. I can explain our innovative solution in 20 seconds. I can share how we tested it or plan to test it in 20 seconds.

⏱️ 60-Sec Rehearsal Timer Phase 1: The Problem (0-20s)

01:00

🎤 Draft Your 3 Pitch Bullet Points

The Problem:

Our Solution:

The Big Impact:

Step 7

References & Sources

Keep track of all books, articles, videos, and experts!

Whenever you read an article, watch an educational video, or interview an expert, log it here. This forms your team's official bibliography for competition day!

Source Type	Source Title / Link / Person	Key Facts & Insights Learned	✕

FLL Innovation Project Worksheet: Deforestation Solutions

Choose Your Idea & Problem Statement

Research Check (Has someone already invented this?)

Innovation Check (What is our special twist?)

Feasibility & Hands-On Experiment Check

Impact Check (Who or what does it save?)

Your 1-Minute Pitch Deliverable

Design & Prototype Sketch Box

References & Sources