Awards & Nominations
Kaspar has received the following awards and nominations. Way to go!
Global Nominee
Kaspar
High-Level Project Summary
Our team has decided to help increase the interaction of the public with the science of astrobiology by participating in the challenge: "Build a space biology superhero". It's being planned to develop an interactive website that allows whoever will know, to learn about how different creatures on Earth respond to the various effects of space on their biological mechanisms. The learning process will be done in three stages:•Exploration: the learner will begin the learning process by exploring the various distinctions of other living organisms when subjected to space environments, and different physical circumstances.
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Detailed Project Description
Our team has decided to help increase the interacting of the public with the science of astrobiology by participating in the challenge: "Build a space biology superhero". It's being planned to develop an interactive website that allows whoever will know, to learn about how different creatures on Earth respond to the various effects of space on their biological mechanisms.
On our planet, we have aliens. If another reference but our planet was picked, we would see, along with every organism on our planet, aliens. We are governed by a lot of rules of our physical world that are different from any other place in this vast universe. We live under specific temperatures and pressure, pulled by the specific gravity of our planet, and have diversity in landscapes and seascapes that we've adapted to use for our side. This doesn't only work for us, humans. Every other creature on our planet has adapted to these conditions in its way. Scientists have, thankfully, gathered a lot of information about the response of a lot of creatures to being launched into space, including animals (mammals, insects, etc…), plants, and microbes.
This great treasure of information, available to everyone, is what we're using in our platform, which is a website that allows the learner to understand the interaction of as many as possible living organisms' responses to different space conditions. The learning process will be done in three stages:
Exploration: the learner will begin the learning process by exploring the harsh space environments, and different physical circumstances that astronauts deal with during their about Earth.
Learn: the next stage is learning about the various organisms that were sent to space for studies. These organisms vary from animals, plants, and microorganismsisms.
Hardcopy game: the information will be linked with something that can increase interaction even more. This part consists of three games, that integrate and increase in difficulty and entertainment until they get to the "building the superhero" step. The first game is "draw". The second one is "guess who". And the third one is when the user will get to finally build the superhero.
The idea is still being developed for further modifications that learning with fun. Content may include articles, videos, games, and different ways of visualizing interactingtion.
Space Agency Data
We used in our project "NASA space apps website" as a trusted source of information.
First, we knew well about the challenges to be able to choose the best challenge that fits our skills.
Second, we know more about stresses that face living organisms in space and how we can deal with it.
Third, we searched about the previous winners and the steps they followed to reach this success.
Forth, we gathered trusted information about different topics of space.
Hackathon Journey
How would u describe your space apps experience?
It was a great and unforgettable experience, we learned a lot of things about cooperation, and helping each other to complete the challenge. We improved our skills as technical skills, presentation skills, communication skills, and problem-solving. In addition to improving our knowledge of space topics.
What did u learn?
Being in the hackathon teaches you a lot One of the most important of them is the importance of teamwork and the circulation of ideas between the members of the team and all the energies that exist in dealing with this small society of future scientists, we improved our ideas, we work a lot on it and we did many Activities to try our prototype.
the organizers helped us a lot to know about the hackathon and arbitration.
What inspired your team to choose this challenge?
We chose this challenge as we are so interested in the topic of space, especially when dealing with living organisms. We are so interested in biology and learning more about the mechanisms of how bodies work. So, we chose bio-astronomy and thought that " building a space biology superhero" is the perfect challenge that suits our skills.
Mention someone you want to thank
If we should thank someone Of course we must first involve NASA space organization and all its workers from scientists and astronauts because it allowed us to meet great ideas and people and future scientists and made us try and research all means of knowledge
Second, we must thank the organizers of this hackathon for their great favor to us
And we would love to thank Kareem Nabil the previous winner who teaches us a lot about the competition.
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