The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is a scholarship competition based on Science Communication. Each year, students from around the year submit a 3-minute video in either Math, Physics or Life Sciences. This year an additional twist was added: the time limit for these videos dropped from 3 minutes to 1:30 minutes

BJC Judging Criteria

What I Think is valued

Topic Selection

Top. Selection Criteria

Topic Exploration

Project Statement

The Wonderful World of Plants is a science communication video made for entry to the Breakthrough Junior Challenge. The topic chosen for this video is Plant Circadian Rhythm which falls under the Biology sub-category. The aim of this project is to explain the concept of Plant Circadian Rhythm in a fun & humor-filled manner while still getting all of the scientific information across.

This is a mixed-media film project which will draw workflows from video footage & illustration/animation through Adobe After Effects & Illustrator. Editing for this project will be done through Premiere Pro & Audacity.

Biolectric - Cell Communication

Split-Brain Syndrome

Super Bugs: Antibiotic Resistance

Precedent Analysis

Research

I reviewed Books, Research Papers, Videos, Khan Acad. during my ongoing research process for this video

Storyline

First Draft

Current Draft

Final Script (V-4)

Filming Process

Illustration Overlays

Sound Recording Process

Sound Editing

Adobe Premiere Workflow

Thank you so so much - Rob M. & The entire NuVu team

1) Did you feel like you were watching Tiktoks/Netflix movie or did it feel like a lecture

2) What parts of this video were you not able to understand well?

3) Are the add on visuals distracting? If so how can I make it seem more seamless?



Seeking feedback on:



The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is a scholarship competition based on Science Communication. Each year, students from around the year submit a 3-minute video in either Math, Physics or Life Sciences. This year an additional twist was added: the time limit for these videos dropped from 3 minutes to 1:30 minutes

BJC Judging Criteria

What I Think is valued

Topic Selection

Top. Selection Criteria

Topic Exploration

Project Statement

The Wonderful World of Plants is a science communication video made for entry to the Breakthrough Junior Challenge. The topic chosen for this video is Plant Circadian Rhythm which falls under the Biology sub-category. The aim of this project is to explain the concept of Plant Circadian Rhythm in a fun & humor-filled manner while still getting all of the scientific information across.

This is a mixed-media film project which will draw workflows from video footage & illustration/animation through Adobe After Effects & Illustrator. Editing for this project will be done through Premiere Pro & Audacity.

Biolectric - Cell Communication

Split-Brain Syndrome

Super Bugs: Antibiotic Resistance

Precedent Analysis

Research

I reviewed Books, Research Papers, Videos, Khan Acad. during my ongoing research process for this video

Storyline

First Draft

Current Draft

Final Script (V-4)

Filming Process

Illustration Overlays

Sound Recording Process

Sound Editing

Adobe Premiere Workflow



1) Did you feel like you were watching Tiktoks/Netflix movie or did it feel like a lecture

2) What parts of this video were you not able to understand well?

3) Are the add on visuals distracting? If so how can I make it seem more seamless?



Seeking feedback on:

NuCard ID is a system that polls student attendance daily, and visualizes data from individual attendance records monthly to be reviewed by coaches and students. Whenever a student arrives or leaves, they can scan their ID card that will update their attendance and update a website that indicates if they are in the space or not. If a student arrives late for school, they will be prompted to give a reason for their late arrival. At the end of each month, the student will receive an email visualizing their attendance data. Coaches will also be able to view the attendance records, which can be sorted by individual attendance or school wide attendance.

Project Statement

Humans In The Loop

Civil Computing

Open Innovation

Survey Takeaways

• 68% of students get less than 7 hours of sleep
• On a scale of 1-10, one not being not at all motivated and 10 being extremely motivated, NuVu students average 6.43
• If I were to create a more streamlined attendance system, it would need to account for student commutes.

Data Viz Goals

• Motivate students to improve
• Highlight common causes of lateness
• Provide coaches easy reference to data

Simplification of Visuals

Next Steps

• Refine Card Design/ID Scanner
• Add Linked Accounts For Attendance
• Create a More Secure System

nextHome() is a research aid to help college students make their decision on where to move after school. The project is an interactive map that helps a user find out what U.S state is best for them.

How it works page

Homepage

About page

Project Statement

PROactive is an application designed for people with ADHD who struggle to stay on top of a complex web of priorities, tasks, and routines. To address these issues we created a coherent and articulate organization system that prioritizes your tasks and utilizes professional productivity research to increase the user's potential. Intricate and compelling data visualizations help users easily track their progress and wrap their head around their hectic day-to-day lives.

Recurring Tasks:

Tasks that repeat at a set frequency

Un-dated Tasks:

Tasks with no set due date

Dated Tasks:

Tasks that must be completed by a

certain date

App Outline

Categories:

Categories are tags applied to tasks in

order to help clarify and prioritize

certain reminders.

Goals:

Link your goals to

categories to correlate

them to tasks

Precedents

Example 1: Todoist

Example 2: Notion

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Sketches

Prototypes

Data Visualization Concepts

Paper Prototype

Paper Prototype

Paper Prototype

Babel is a multiplayer collaborative game that lets players work together to build up a tower using a wide range of pieces. The game represents the relationship of communicating with others who don't speak the same language. The goal when playing the game is to build as tall of a tower as possible, which represents the level of communication you are able to achieve.

Babel

This project uses several bots and their interactions to represent the journey of someone who's secret has been shared and the feeling of void that can cause. Each bot uses an ultrasonic sensor and leds to represent the interactions in this story.

To Confide or Not to Confide

Invasion is a two-player competitive game following the story of an alien and an astronaut. The astronaut must complete several challenges and tasks on their ship while the alien tries to stop them. The challenges and tasks are based on abstractions of several negative emotions.

Invasion

Eco Stilt House is an interactive model of future housing. The model responds to challenges created by rising sea levels, and allows for a more self-sustaining lifestyle. Floor layouts can be customized by whoever uses the model to fit their own personal preferences, then AR can be used to bring the model to life.

Eco Stilt House

Into De-Forest is an adventure-style game in which the main character explores the amazon rainforest in search of a mystical treasure. The player must traverse the forest while keeping the health of the environment in mind.

Into De-Forest

Tileform is a collaborative resource management game about overcoming differences while building a sustainable community. Each player has different goals they must complete to win. This simulates the potential collaboration, competition, and conflict that arises when stakeholders have varying motivations. Playing this game should create conversations about the complex relationships and power dynamics between communities, companies, and governments as they work together to address climate change.

Tileform

This project aims to make attendance data more visible to everyone. By drawing attention to each studio's average attendance each week, it will make all students consider the effect inconsistent attendance has on them. It will also make it easier for coaches to see how much time students spend in studios. It includes several different visualizations to show attendance over time, per studio, and a weekly overview of all attendance that would serve as a sort of scoreboard.

presenceViz

Choices is a psychological experiment which looks for patterns in human behavior and compares them to patterns in the behavior of computers. Users are asked to complete a series of simple tasks, choosing one of nine colored squares for example. The computer then completes the same tasks and the data is compared and visualized with a series of graphs.

Choices

Summary

What were two things you learned while working on these projects?

Collaboration, Concept Development

Of the mediums you used in these projects (ceramics, robotics, coding, etc.) what was your favorite to work with and why?

Programming, because of the amount of potential things you can do with it

Summary

What was the most exciting part of working on these projects?

Finally understanding a skill that I had been working on for the whole studio

What was the most challenging?

Working efficiently / prioritization