Bright Young Things
Philippine Tatler|October 2018

AS THIS YEARS BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE CEREMONY APPROACHES, RACHEL DUFFELL LOOKS INTO THE 8REAKTHROUGH JUNIOR CHALLENGE AND WHAT INSPIRING YOUNG WINNERS COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE

Rachel Duffell
Bright Young Things

WHAT IS IT?

The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is making science sexy so young students are inspired to pursue it. Spawned by the Breakthrough Prize, which celebrates the best work in the areas of fundamental physics, life sciences, and mathematics, the junior contest encourages students aged 13 to 18 to reflect on challenging concepts or complex theories in the same arenas, and to bring those big ideas to life in short, engaging videos.

The annual challenge is a collaboration between the Breakthrough Prize Foundation— which organises the Breakthrough Prizes founded by Yuri and Julia Milner, Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki, and Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan—and the Khan Academy, a non-profit organisation that provides free education through online means in various languages to anyone, anywhere, always.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Young students submit a three-minute video that shows their understanding of a scientific theory in the most imaginative and original way they can. These videos can include dramatic constructions, documentary-style presentations, animation, motion graphics, and other visual effects, and will be judged on engagement, illumination, creativity, and difficulty.

On submission of their videos, student competitors will also be asked to review five other submissions in a peer-to-peer evaluation. The videos are then shortlisted for a panel of researchers, educators and scientists to consider before a popular vote singles out seven regional champions. The final selection committee, made up of professors, authors, and astronauts, including some Breakthrough Prize winners, then judges the overall winner.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 2018 من Philippine Tatler.

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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 2018 من Philippine Tatler.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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