Determination of the Biomimicry Perceptions of Middle School 7th Grade Students through Drawings
Abstract
Purpose: The aim of the study is to identify the technological products that middle school 7th grade students intend to design
inspired by the characteristics of animals through drawings.
Design/Methodology/Approach: Case study, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in this research. The study is
conducted in a middle school in the city center of Samsun. The participants of the study consists of 30 students (18 girls, 12
boys) studying in the 7th grade of the related school. The worksheet “I choose it myself, I design it myself” was used as data
collection tool. According to the worksheet, students were asked to draw the technological products they thought to design,
inspired by the characteristics of the animals, as a picture. Content analysis was used in the analysis of the data of the study.
Findings: When the drawings of the technological products made by the students were examined, it was observed that they
were mostly for the designs of military vehicles. It can be stated that the students were impressed by the war games they
played on the internet and the war images they saw in the media. In addition, it was determined that students made design
drawings of land vehicles and many technological products that they can use in daily life.
Highlights: In the study, it is thought that the students developed their different skills with the technological products they
thought to design by detailing the characteristics of the animals they were inspired by and interpreting their own ideas with
the theoretical knowledge they learned. It is important for students to be individuals who are interested in living things they
encounter in daily life, can use science and technology, produce, question and grow up as science literate. Therefore,
biomimicry applications can be increased in STEM education. Thus, students can be enabled to design real technological
products inspired by living things.
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