Design Your Eco-Friendly Drawbot
This mini-project aims to introduce students to the fundamentals of mechanics, simple electric circuits, and sustainability by encouraging creative and responsible repurposing of materials, fostering awareness of recycling and reusing materials in design. Students learn about forces acting on a robot to facilitate movement, understand basics of electricity, cultivate creativity by personalizing the bot’s character using provided decorations. The "Design Your Eco-Friendly Drawbot" project is an interdisciplinary activity in which students were tasked with creating a drawbot that not only functions effectively but also prioritizes eco-friendliness through the use of repurposed materials. .
Mini-project overview
7A-D Students (2 Weeks): Students in classes 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, after creating and testing their drawbots, focused on creating informative posters. These posters detailed their design process, the mechanics behind their drawbots, the electric circuits they utilized, and the sustainable materials they incorporated. This visual representation of their work highlighted their understanding and innovative approach to eco-friendly design.
7E, 7F Students (3 Weeks): Students in classes 7E and 7F, after creating and testing their drawbots, developed websites. These online platforms showcased their drawbots, offering insights into their design process, the environmental impact of their material choices, and demonstrations of their bots in action. The websites served as a digital portfolio of their learning and creativity.
Learning Outcomes:
Through this project, students gained a deeper understanding of:
The significance of recycling and reusing materials in engineering and design.
The forces that influence robot movement, enhancing their grasp on mechanical principles.
Basic electrical concepts, enabling them to construct simple circuits for their drawbots.
The importance of creativity in technical projects, as they personalized their drawbots with unique decorations.
Overall, "Design Your Eco-Friendly Drawbot" provided students with a hands-on learning experience that integrated scientific principles with environmental consciousness, fostering both technical skills and sustainable thinking.
