DESIGNING AN AUGMENTED REALITY COMIC BOOK FOR LEARNING SOLAR SYSTEM FOR PRIMARY LEVEL CHILDREN

To support the learning process, this project will create a comic book with interactive augmented reality features. With primary-level school children as audiences, using comic books can actively learn and understand topics related to the solar system and the parents/teacher will instruct and guide them in using AR applications. In lessons like science, where abstract ideas are hard to understand, using only the textbook and not supporting it with other course materials may make students less interested in the lesson or make it less effective. The implementation of Comic Books and AR can speed up the process of accepting learners and attracting them by using cutting-edge multimedia while facilitating learning with applied science learning content. Data were collected from parents who have children who attend primary-level school in Malaysia using quantitative methods. Based on the questionnaire that has been distributed to several parents who have children who attend primary school, it can be seen that comic book media and supported by AR applications in learning the solar system have a high interest. This shows that comic book media supported by AR applications can be well received if it contains elements of infotainment as the main factor and then interspersed with games and storytelling. And also if there is an Astronaut Panda mascot it becomes one of the main attractions. Therefore, there is a need for alternatives other than textbooks such as comic books and adapting them to technology such as AR. This study concludes by suggesting issues to be considered in attracting kids to learn and understand topics related to the solar system.