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Breakthrough Junior Challenge

You get it. You’ve grasped an important scientific theory, concept or principle.

Now can you share your insight?

An inventive video can get across complex material that would take pages of text to communicate.

To take part in the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, create a short video (1:30 – one minute and thirty seconds max) to explain a big idea in one of these fields:

Physics
Mathematics
Life Sciences
Your film can take any form you like: animation, talking head, documentary, dramatic reconstruction, whatever. It’s worth keeping in mind that video is a dynamic visual medium – using diagrams, simulations, physical demonstrations etc. is a lot more effective than standing in front of a blackboard talking.

The videos will be judged according to the following criteria:

Engagement
Illumination
Creativity
Difficulty

Eligibility

You can take part in this year’s Challenge as long as you’re:

13 or older by 12:01 AM PDT on April 1, 2022
Not older than 18 (not yet 19) as of 11:59 PM PDT on October 1, 2022
We welcome submissions in English from anyone of those ages, including homeschooled students, students with disabilities, and students from all over the world.

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