NATURE & ROBOTS: HOW ROBOTS CAN HELP US TO LET HUMAN BEINGS AND HUNTING ANIMALS LIVE IN A BALANCED ECOSYSTEM Erasmus Project

Project Title

NATURE & ROBOTS: HOW ROBOTS CAN HELP US TO LET HUMAN BEINGS AND HUNTING ANIMALS LIVE IN A BALANCED ECOSYSTEM

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Research and innovation; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship

Project Summary

We are in an exceptional situation from an environmental point of view. In a confinement like the current one, nature is recovering spaces that were normally occupied by humans. Is this the reality that we would like for our nature?

The entry of animals into cities in search of food affects their quality of life, as well as the fact that it compromises the safety of people. The environments of each region or city participating in the project will facilitate the application of the previous ideas and situations.
Regarding the objectives, they are as follows:
– Recognizing the importance of the loss of living space presented by living beings as a result of the occupation of the territory by human beings. Compare situations from a temporal point of view.
– Assessing the use of robots, not only as educational tools, but also as simulation mechanisms for environmental strategies.
– Combining the performance of more traditional activities with the use of new technologies.
– Creating a series of educational or informational materials related to the different activities carried out.

The groups participating in the project are second and third grade secondary students (13-14 years old). The teachers involved will be, mainly from the foreign language area and from the scientific-technological area. Teachers from other departments may be involved. Finally, scientists and technicians from the areas to be studied in each country will also participate.

The activities will focus on:
– Cultural and geographical training, to know the places of the different mobilities.
– Technological training, learning and handling of Sphero robots and their Swift programming language.
– Scientific training, to identify with the problems associated with the destination of the trip.
The activities, in general, will be of three types: approaching the problem, carrying out challenges and evaluating them.

Regarding the methodology used, the participation of the working groups will be continuous throughout it. We also consider the feedback between them basic. Proposals for participation are summarized in previous meetings (definition of basic ideas and preparation of activities), conducting work sessions (according to the proposed context) and finally assessment meetings (based on the SWOT model).

The results obtained throughout the project would be contextualized, basically, in the environment of environmental education and its didactics, having technology as an area of ​​methodological support. Highlighting the following actions:
– Making a web blog in which the problem is raised, the challenge is carried out and solutions or proposals are sought.
– Creating of outreach activities to be displayed and shared on said platform and in entities in the educational field.
– Working on minority languages, within a global framework of communication in English, or specific to each country.
– Involving the population to enhance knowledge and awareness of the problems studied.
– Proposing new environmental management systems for peri-urban spaces, and recognition of the need of living beings that inhabit them to conserve and respect them.
– Publicizing,, in the media, the most important results and conclusions obtained at the end of each mobility.
– Recognizing robotics as an environmental simulation tool.
– Creating “ecological chains” that pass through people of different ages that propose solutions or alternatives to the current model of occupation of the territory.

Regarding the benefits of the project, they would focus on personal and knowledge aspects of the participants, creating an increase in their environmental awareness. Throughout this period, these ideas could be collected and reflected in publications, both on paper and electronic, as well as presentation at scientific events.

In short, the project combines classical methodology with innovation. From the point of view of educational innovation, we will work with strategies such as cooperative work, social integration and the acquisition of new communication and awareness skills. The importance of the theme makes it necessary to finance the project to achieve maximum excellence in each of the steps to be followed.

If we want to obtain from the citizens of the respective countries an adequate awareness regarding the proposed problems, we must have the best specialists, the best materials related to robotics or the best communication systems, among other aspects.

Key words: land occupation, environmental education, ecological balance, social networks, communication.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 94752 Eur

Project Coordinator

Institut Carles Vallbona & Country: ES

Project Partners

• LICEO SCIENTIFICO LINGUISTICO STATALE “A. M. DE CARLO”
• Ezikova gimnazia “Acad. Lyudmil Stoyanov”