Maker Movement with Low Cost Robotics: A Study on Science Teaching in IFRS

• Vanessa Faria de Souza IFRS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/encompif.2021.15957

Abstract

The Maker Movement is related to the proposal of learning based on autonomy (do-it-yourself) and creativity, and low-cost educational robotics has emerged as an accessible alternative that makes Movement Maker actions feasible. This uses scraps of old computer equipment, as well as the electronic prototyping platform of free hardware and single board as is the case with Arduino. In this context, this manuscript seeks to detail the research project developed in IFRS, which aimed to employ the foundations of the Maker Movement and its educational possibilities, in low-cost educational robotics workshops, promoting the construction of innovative solutions in the face of problematic situations that they will be instigated by generating themes such as sustainability, environmental resources, preservation, among others. In this way, it was intended to generate prototypes and products that can be applied as solutions to real problems.

Keywords: Movement Maker, Low Cost Robotics, Science Teaching

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