Thursday, October 13, 2016
Constructing the lilypad
Since I had not heard a response back from the people I emailed, I decided to experiment with constructing the lilypads. For my 20Time, I looked online at articles and videos and found that the lilypads were 2 feet in diameter. I then used a peice of pine plywood and, with my dads help, used a bandsaw and drill to cut the wood into the shape of a lilypad. I estimated the hole that the IV pole slides onto to have a diameter of 1 and 3/8 inches. The day after I had finished constructing this, I received an email back from James Wickens, the CTE coordinator at Auburn Riverside High School, which took part in this project after his former student Nick passed away. He sent me a PowerPoint with the directions of how to make the lilypads, along with a copy of Nicks story. After looking at this, I realized that the hole in the middle of the lilypad is too small, since it needs to be 1 and 3/4 inches instead of 1 and 3/8.
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Could you possibly direct me to the Power Point you reference? I am a technology teacher. My daughter is a leukemia survivor. One of my fellow teachers is making a prototype for us to take to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Once approved, my daughter's college organization "Colleges Against Cancer" will be working on this project.
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I am also looking for the directions. Mrs. Zimmerman - I am in Baltimore & husband is in construction. We would love to do this as well. We make pillowcases for pediatric unit at Hopkins & other area hospitals. I have been searching for the directions, but can't find. kimaslone3838@gmail.com Thanks!!!
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