High-Level Project Summary
Marine debris is an obstacle affecting marine ecosystem health. Our project is a game where you can pick your ocean- the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic oceans. You play as a robotic fish and have minions that can come and help monitor the ocean. You use the arrow keys to move, and an emoji will tell you that area’s status in marine debris with data from Nasa EOSDIS Worldview. The health of the fish is split into five levels using emojis. This game will be educational for all people, and many will like it. Whether it is playing the game, or finding data, this is a resource to use! Let this project guide you through the five oceans and give knowledge to you.
Link to Project "Demo"
Link to Final Project
Detailed Project Description
Our Inspiration
We humans tend to like water if it is clear. We all want clear oceans but unfortunately we do not have a clean world. Just like we all kids need to clean up our rooms (If you were an adult you probably had cleaned your room when you were little) we need to know how messy it is (like what the parents do to know how messy your room is) and take action (just like starting to clean your room). This is vital to our environment.
The Problem
Marine debris is a growing problem and we need to get rid of it. But there is nearly no way to get it out, but at least we can know how vulnerable one area is from marine debris. These piles grow and grow and eventually kill animals.
Our ideas
We used the challenge that was given and tried to make a game out of Scratch that also tracked debris in the waters.
This flowchart helped us in knowing how this game worked.
We made the game have five “levels” and used seven emojis to represent seven levels of health since this game mostly is about how marine life is feeling in that area. The five level’s backgrounds were NASA data.
What do you hope to achieve?
We hope to achieve the knowledge that this will help scientists after this gets a lot more work. The next step is a really complex part that will be explained a little bit later.
Future Work
In the future we want the robotic fish to be real and capable of dispatching at most five smaller versions of the fish and bring them back. The fish will report this data to NASA and then also have a compartment for collecting the most dangerous trash that might be eaten by nearby creatures like removing plastic bags that sea turtles might mistake for jellyfish, burn the collected trash and turn it into fuel and also use solar energy. When the fuel is burnt it will go through a chamber and leave space for more trash to collect. This idea might help the world. 
Space Agency Data
worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?
We used NASA EOSDIS Worldview to get the data on the project 
The data is shown above
We took screenshots of the oceans and then added them in so our fish can detect the quality of the water.
Hackathon Journey
Eric Shuey says:
Fun, Exiting, and Challenging!
I learned how to use worldview, make slides, iMovie, and rocket chat .
I used Scratch and asked some questions.
We didn't understand much, so we asked questions and then we showed each others work and then we understood.
I'd like to thank David because he saved me a lot of typing.
David Sun says:
I would describe this as a good learning experience. My dad told me he learnt a lot from my actions on the first day, but I really like the coding part, too. On the first day I was something like leader and I directed most of the activities. My brother Derek didn't do much on the first day but he contributed a lot on the second day: he gave his YouTube account to help us on this journey. I really liked this and it was pretty scary for me at first and I unfortunately got really scared after the second day's lunch.
I learnt more about videomaking and learnt some game basics. I have made a ton of games before but today I collaborated with three other people. I also learnt to be a good leader people look up to. When Lukas was sleeping I took control and when Derek's eyes hurt I told everyone I needed to take care of Derek. I also liked this challenge of balancing my brother and the team.
I think that since I really like the ocean for it's magnificent ripples, and the flora and fauna were pretty interesting the last time I checked. So when I found something to do with the sea I immediately picked it.
We wanted an user friendly project that many generations would grow to like.
We didn't know much and I was probably a "noob" in this.
I'd like to thank Eric, Derek, and Lukas for helping out on the project, Eric's mom, my mom, and my dad for feedback even if they sometimes didn't give it intentionally, and pretty much everyone in NASA for providing such an amazing competition. Thanks to all at NASA again for the data and all of the things I know about space, and everyone checking this project out because that shows you are interested in this thing. Thanks to Xiaoyan Shi for giving us that little lesson on the morning of the second day. Thanks to the judges for making a fair choice and use reasons to back up the winner, and when you think about it, THANKS TO THE WORLD!!!
Derek Sun says:
I would describe this as a unique experience. At seven-o-clock (before the challenge)I felt excited. Farther more into the challenge, my dad told me that he learned a lot from me, and I learned and discovered things, too. I got a chance to sharpen my Pixilart drawing ability, and my document writing skills. I got the chance to use my Youtube account to create our team video, and I got David and my mom to subscribe to my YouTube channel.
Lukas Wang says:
I would describe this as a very interesting and fun experience. I got to learn more about coding and I also got to learn how to use rocket chat, which at first I knew nothing about. I now think participating in challenges can be pretty fun, and thanks to my mom's "patience" .I did everything a bit slower though.
References
Applications
Scratch, Nasa Worldview, Google Slides, Microsoft PowerPoint, iMovie, Pixilart, and Rocket Chat
Devices:
Windows Computers, and an iPad
Websites:
https://dis-blog.thalesgroup.com/financial-services/2020/07/21/turning-ocean-plastic-waste-into-eco-friendly-bank-cards/
https://medium.com/@patrick.compton.6/is-the-global-concern-for-marine-plastic-pollution-a-detracting-truth-d5dca0351f85
https://www.tripsavvy.com/how-to-protect-coral-reef-when-you-travel-4844217
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/plastic-found-in-every-dead-turtle-6dt7mdpgs
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/969nEsia4jRKEW16lMKEeOWTWvhaPEf8StFCDnpsqCfAfqGs10MNF655CLzOUkh9JqunfWWsZ-F4irnAbG7japiiplyVmlTQm6AsII-1oIBiYuNEx24gpg=w1920-h941
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/6Lbjq0vHTe0etlp0DOjzAy2Kb-09XAKSLpGTbO82y7BINOnFc9kvG3qK5KF2Xa15bKuirWN8SQqO9FPZu8Kvwd4QjYUE7gnG66J_65JeAPaVs-Kvg-enMZp9JqmhvzB4AWmeVIvmgXE=w1920-h941
https://freesvg.org/satellite-icon-vector-clip-art
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/discipline/ocean
Tags
#NasaSpaceApps, #Ocean, #,AI/ML, #Coding, #MarineDebris, #Scratch, #CleanUpTheWorld, #BeyondMars, #:), #EOSDIS, #NASA, #worldveiw, #BlueMarble, #Earth, #Nature, #MagikidLab, #ChinoHills, #RocketChat
Global Judging
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