ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Eco-Maker project aims to produce materials for teachers to combat climate change through the Maker movement and STEAM e-course. In addition, the Eco-Maker project offers a hybrid education system that combines Maker, STEAM, and Eco-School curricula and educational methods. Students and their STEAM course teachers will produce prototypes such as wind turbines and small solar panels at Maker workshops to address climate change.
PROJECT RESULTS
Project Result 1: A Pre-Structured Self-Learning Concept for Environmentally Friendly Product Creation. With PA1, students’ product development and management skills will be improved, encompassing the skills needed to plan, design, produce, and manage a product’s lifecycle such as creating a prototype, cost-effectiveness, and profitability.
Project Result 2: The Eco-Maker curriculum and elective course will integrate STEAM curriculum topics applicable to maker workshops. This one-term elective lesson plan program includes weekly project-based training on selected topics. This project result will enable teachers to implement STEAM- and maker space-related activities so their students learn how to collaborate, ask good questions, solve problems, and think critically.
Project Result 3: Eco-Maker e-learning module is a professional development e-course designed for teachers. This e-course will support educators in understanding the maker movement, fundamentals of electronics (such as circuits, analog and digital concepts, schematics, voltage, and safety considerations), applying and utilising Arduino, exploring 3D design and printing, adapting to maker culture, and developing diverse lesson plans for STEAM or other subjects. This activity supports digital transformation by enhancing digital readiness, resilience, and capacity-building among educators.
Project Result 4: Eco-Maker Device Against Climate Change (EMDACC4) aims to produce sensors for energy conservation in classrooms. These devices detect if windows are left open for too long, if lights are on in an empty room, or if tap water has been running excessively. Students will build these sensors collaboratively with their teachers. This activity promotes interest and excellence in STEAM by integrating practical environmental solutions into educational settings.
PROJECT PARTNERS
The international consortium consists of 7 partner organizations:Edufor/Agrupamento de Escolas de Mangualde from Portugal , Osmangazi İlçe Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü from Türkiye, UNIVERSIDADE DA CORUNA from Spain, The Academy for International Science and Research from Ireland, FABLAB MESSINA from Italy, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN from Germany, Szkola Podstawowa nr 50 z Oddzialami Integracyjnymi im Swietej Jadwigi Krolowej Polski w Bialymstoku from Poland.
Edufor/Agrupamento de Escolas de Mangualde;
The Mangualde School Group is the home school of the EduFor Training Centre in Portugal. It has students from pre-school to 12th grade and has structural and pedagogical features in the search for differentiated educational responses.
Osmangazi İlçe Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü from Türkiye;
At Osmangazi District Directorate of National Education, actively supports the District of Osmangazi schools in many local and international projects. The Directorate is involved in various projects as well as supporting its district’s schools to increase the academic education levels of the schools, to adapt to technological developments, and to recognize and implement innovative methods.
With more than 35.000 students and 8000 employees, Technische Universität Berlin is one of the biggest technical universities in Germany. It is also part of Germany’s only consortium of excellence, the Berlin University Alliance.
In addition to teaching and research excellence, TU Berlin has committed to the great challenges of our times and addresses sustainability, ethical technology considerations, and transdisciplinary teaching and learning on several levels.
The Academy for International Science and Research (AISR) is an award-winning international centre of excellence for B-STEMM (Business and STEMM) education. AISR is a private research centre accredited by IGH3P and the constituent polytechnic college of Manipur International University. AISR offers teacher training and the development of educational technology, curriculum and content. AISR is also a specialist institution in wellbeing practices, including hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic psychology, mental health coaching, chronic pain reprocessing, and nutrition.
FabLab Messina
The no-profit association FabLab Messina was born in Messina in 2014 to be a reference to those who were making use of the tools for Industry 4.0. Since then the association started gathering hobbyists, freelancers, and students who, mixing their skills, gave birth to many projects and ideas.
As with many other FabLabs (it’s a worldwide phenomenon), our association works mainly on the local scale even though our FabLab has been happily involved in international events (Maker Faire Roma, Trasformatorio).
It is located in the city of the same name, in the northwest region of Spain called Galicia. It was founded under the Galician Universities Law 11/1989 on July 20th, 1989. The University has one campus in A Coruña and another one in the city of Ferrol. The University of A Coruña is a public institution whose primary objective is the generation, management, and dissemination of cultural scientific, technological, and professional knowledge through the development of research and teaching.
Szkola Podstawowa nr 50 z Oddzialami Integracyjnymi im. Swietej Jadwigi Krolowej Polski w Bialymstoku, Elementary School No. 50 with Integrated Classes named after Saint Jadwiga Queen of Poland in Bialystok. The school helps students with special educational needs to function in a comprehensive school. It gives them hope for a better tomorrow and develops their self-confidence. It enriches and teaches tolerance. It also helps all students to develop social behaviors that are needed in everyday life. Within more than 1.160 students and 146 employees, SP50 is one of the biggest primary schools in Bailystok. Sports play an important role at the school. Handball and athletics are disciplines in which we win top places in the Podlaskie province. The school has sports classes in these disciplines and 4 pre-school divisions.
