IFTC

Antalya | On the Way to the Sun

A Dozen Touches

High-Level Project Summary

We created a fun and interactive board game that is also very informative. The players characters' are small versions of Parker Solar Probes. The objective of the game is to reach the sun starting from countries on Earth. During the game, players also need to answer questions about space, NASA and The Parker Solar Probe. By this, they learn lots of new information. This board game solves the challenge of teaching young people about the Parker Solar Probe and its importance. It teaches them about the journey of this spacecraft and what it overcame to reach the sun. It is very important for kids to learn about this at a young age so that they can learn and come up with inventions like this.

Link to Final Project

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VnVUjsWZWoWVrV-jiFV_F4f-gKk8FVn6/view?usp=sharing

Link to Project "Demo"

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13ReAvwsNkQt9tk6AhlV8tMGAGFkfb9EQjGkm2tUAoHU/edit?usp=sharing

Detailed Project Description

It not only teaches young people about this spacecraft's journey, but also teaches adults who want to play. Our goal is to inform people in a fun way and teach. We made this game physically, by using lots of different materials. We made the base out of cardboard and painted all the details. We made small Probes with tools we had. This physical version of the game is a model of what the game could look like and could later be turned into an online game as well.

Space Agency Data

We used information provided by NASA and Canadian Space Agency to research information about the sun as well as the satellite: Parker Solar Probe.

Hackathon Journey

The journey of making this project took a lot of time and effort but the end result was worth it. We learned so many things about NASA, the sun, the incredible spacecraft; Parker Solar Probe. We also learned how to work as a team and split responsibilities evenly and what to do better next time. We chose this challenge because we were fascinated about this spacecraft and how it got us so much information about the sun. We approached this challenge by planning out our designs and splitting tasks amongst each other. Though there were setbacks such as people getting tired or stressed, we all motivated each other and got through it. We would like to thank the creators of this Hackathon because of how much they have taught all of the participants of this challenge. We would also like to thank the Bilim University for creating an environment for us to do this challenge together physically and supporting us.