ECO-FRIENDLY ROBOTICS FOR A FUTURE GREEN WORLD Erasmus Project

Project Title

ECO-FRIENDLY ROBOTICS FOR A FUTURE GREEN WORLD

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

Technology is progressing massively especially in the field of robotics. Robots presently manage a number of monotonous tasks. In the future, they may assume roles in many different types of industries. As robotics begin to play a larger part across the world and within our own lives, we need to consider the environmental impact. Environmental problems are among the main problems that concern the whole world. Unfortunately, many of the different institutions’ work on this issue is only about raising awareness of it.

The main idea of this project is the inclusion of pupils through challenging environmental issues and boosting green robots through the EU 2020 strategy. Climate change and energy is a core topic of the EU 2020 strategy target as:
-greenhouse gas emissions 20% lower than 1990 levels
-20% of energy coming from renewables
-20% increase in energy efficiency

In the line of EU 2020, the main aims of the project are:
1-Draw attention to global environmental challenges, climate change and renewable energy via robotics
2-Inform pupils about renewable energy through the EU 2020 Strategy
3-Coming up with creative ideas to make something new about sky, ocean, homes, schools, roads, environment…
4-Finding a way to solve an environmental problem, or overcome a challenge via educational Robotics by integrating school curricula

Robotics activities are flexible and adaptable to the needs of specific student populations. LEGO and VEX Robotics have become popular with upper elementary through middle school students, teachers are becoming interested in bringing the impact of high motivation, technology-driven relevance, and STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) enriched content and skills instruction into their classrooms. We are six countries as Portugal,Turkey, Greece, Estonia, Poland and Latvia which are experienced about Robotics and Environment Projects. We plan 6 LTT activities with pupils aged 11-15.To find inventive solutions to environmental problems of partner countries via robotics (EV3, VEX, Mbot… ):
Portugal LTT will be on BLUE OCEAN challenges
Turkey LTT will be on GREEN HOMES challenges
Estonia LTT will be on GREEN ROADS challenges
Poland LTT will be on BLUE SKY challenges
Latvia LTT will be on GREEN SCHOOLS challenges
Greece LTT will be on GREEN NATURE challenges

METHODOLOGY: The main activity methodology is the project-based method. We focused on environmental problems by using Robotics that prepare students for academic, personal, and career success, and readies pupils to rise to the challenges of their lives and the world they will inherit. We will discuss the environmental problems and solutions of our partners in their countries and then transform into practice and contribute to the development of creative solutions.

RESULTS: At the end of the project, each country’s environmental problem will be addressed via Eco-friendly Robotics. Integration of ECO- Robotics into the curricula will be established thanks to project-based activities and results:
•e-Catalog
•Public Report and Public Spot
• “ECOClub”, “ROBOLAB” ECO-STEM UNIT” at each school
•Brochures/Posters/Banners/Logo
•Project Website/Youtube Channel/ FB page
•Students’ academic STEM achievements in line ET 2020 (4% in the 1st year, 7% in the 2nd year)
•Increase in the rate of the GREEN projects
•6 different eTwinning projects after each LTT activity

IMPACT: By the project, awakening will start through schools.ECO workshops will be given at ROBOLABs even though the project is over. The local organizations will sample this project to implement. Teachers will have knowledge about discovering pupils’ skills and lead them to challenge environmental issues in their own country. Participants will become more active and competent in ecological and environmental projects. Students will get nature awareness and sensitivity about
SINGLE USE PLASTICS
CLEAN WATER
GREEN POWER
ZERO WASTE
VOICE POLLUTION
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RECYCLING
BIODIVERSITY
WILDLIFE
CLIMATE CHANGES
CARBON EMISSION etc.
This project will be a revolution in Education to integrate curricula with ECO-Robots. This revolution “ECO-ROBOTS” will be a step to integrate robots into nature. We will cooperate for innovation and the exchange of good practices that will be a source of inspiration for new solutions to environmental problems.

Versatile Contributions of this project aspected in short and long-term for our schools. IN THE LONG TERM, for our schools, this project will contribute
-increasing the usage rate of the eco-friendly robots at school curricula
-raising awareness of environmental issues and boosting green robots
-integrating Educational robotics through teaching Ecological and environmental subjects into all lectures
-increasing the projects on the theme of global environmental challenges and climate change
-developing robots included projects that will be beneficial to the environment
-setting up Eco-friendly school clubs and Units

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 197880 Eur

Project Coordinator

INSTITUTO NOSSA SENHORA DA ENCARNACAO COOPERATIVA DE ENSINO E CULTURA CRL & Country: PT

Project Partners

• Gymnasium Lefkimmis
• Zespol Szkolno-Przedszkolny Nr 6 w Rzeszowie
• Kuressaare Gümnaasium
• KABAZLI SEHIT ISMAIL YAVUZ ORTAOKULU
• Austrumlatvijas Tehnologiju vidusskola