A seventh grader won best in show at an Invention Convention as students from a Tucson charter school showcased creations to fix problems meaningful to them.
The idea behind Carden of Tucson student Macy Sibley’s winning Needle Point clothing design for diabetics is to have patches or zippers in strategic locations that would allow people to give themselves sanitary injections of insulin, instead of having to administer medication through clothing.
The invention was personal for Sibley, who is diabetic, and that’s often how the best inventions come about, said Bri Livingood, a teacher who organized Carden’s Invention Convention held at Tucson Mall.
“When you are really passionate about something and it directly affects you, you just own it,” Livingood said.
Another student, Noah Belanger, channeled his love for rock climbing into his invention. Belanger, a sixth…
