@article{article_788413, title={Determination of the Biomimicry Perceptions of Middle School 7th Grade Students through Drawings}, journal={Kastamonu Education Journal}, volume={30}, pages={120–129}, year={2022}, DOI={10.24106/kefdergi.788413}, author={Velioğlu, Dilara and Yakışan, Mehmet}, keywords={Biyomimikri, ortaokul öğrencileri, çizimler}, abstract={<p>Purpose: The aim of the study is to identify the technological products that middle school 7th grade students intend to design <br />inspired by the characteristics of animals through drawings. <br />Design/Methodology/Approach: Case study, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in this research. The study is <br />conducted in a middle school in the city center of Samsun. The participants of the study consists of 30 students (18 girls, 12 <br />boys) studying in the 7th grade of the related school. The worksheet “I choose it myself, I design it myself” was used as data <br />collection tool. According to the worksheet, students were asked to draw the technological products they thought to design, <br />inspired by the characteristics of the animals, as a picture. Content analysis was used in the analysis of the data of the study. <br />Findings: When the drawings of the technological products made by the students were examined, it was observed that they <br />were mostly for the designs of military vehicles. It can be stated that the students were impressed by the war games they <br />played on the internet and the war images they saw in the media. In addition, it was determined that students made design <br />drawings of land vehicles and many technological products that they can use in daily life. <br />Highlights: In the study, it is thought that the students developed their different skills with the technological products they <br />thought to design by detailing the characteristics of the animals they were inspired by and interpreting their own ideas with <br />the theoretical knowledge they learned. It is important for students to be individuals who are interested in living things they <br />encounter in daily life, can use science and technology, produce, question and grow up as science literate. Therefore, <br />biomimicry applications can be increased in STEM education. Thus, students can be enabled to design real technological <br />products inspired by living things. <br /> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Kastamonu Üniversitesi}, organization={Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Lisansüstü Eğitim Enstitüsü}