High-Level Project Summary
We developed a scratch prototype that aims to give a simple introduction with slightly technical details about James Webb and two games as a means of consolidating knowledge and keeping curiosity piqued.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
The objective of the project is an interactive that users of all ages who are interested in astronomy can use to learn more about james webb and consolidate their knowledge about him and about basic astronomy, the idea is that the user, when initially entering, would seek to learn more about the telescope if he had no previous knowledge about it and in this learning there would be an explanation similar to text-based games on cell phones and computers, presented by an anthropomorphic version of the telescope and with moe design, attracting younger audiences by the cute design and giving a more playful perspective also similar to what Novatec's educational book series "manga guide" does, so the player is encouraged to play the quiz that would consolidate their knowledge and then the game of discovering elements in images by james webb such as nebulae and exoplanets, the idea of this second game was based on the precept that the website https://web.wwtassets.org/specials/2022/jwst-release/ proposes, we chose to use scratch because it is easier to program something fun and with a graphical interface in the time we had and based on experience that the team had as well.
Space Agency Data
Hackathon Journey
The experience in Space Apps was incredible, the challenges seem very interesting and I'm looking forward to participating in other times with more experience, as the team's choice of theme was what seemed to fit the best given the diversity of medium and language that each one knew along with individual experiences.
References
- james webb moemorphis - https://www.reddit.com/r/MoeMorphism/comments/vy0x3b/the_james_webb_space_telescope_by_sbarky/
- james webb images - https://webb.nasa.gov/content/multimedia/images.html
- details and history - https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/
- james webb telescope image - https://www.ukri.org/news/bringing-the-james-webb-space-telescope-to-life-in-the-uk/
- james webb photo - https://blog.cursosdequalidade.com.br/james-webb-quem-foi-o-homenageado-pela-nasa-no-maior-telescopio-espacial-da-historia/
- huble image - https://www.gratispng.com/png-77ttrt/
- james webb mirror inphographic - https://pt.quora.com/Como-o-Telescópio-Espacial-James-Webb-consegue-ter-um-espelho-quase-sete-vezes-maior-do-que-o-do-Hubble-e-pesar-metade-de-seu-peso
Tags
#astronomy #JamesWebb #education