2.6+Biomimcry+-+Nature+Knows+Best?


 * Anticipated Length of subunit:** //10 sessions of 50 minutes each//

//The National Academy of Engineering identified learning from the sustainable design in nature to rethink and redesign products, building and other systems holds enormous promise for the future. In this section students will explore new inventions that have relied on the science of biomimicry for inspiration. They will learn about North Carolina high school students who used a lowly beetle as inspiration for an award-winning project to collect water from the air. They will explore biomimcry design to improve on that water collection system and examine seed pods for ideas for better attachment and fastening systems. //


 * //Students will be able to describe biomimicry //
 * //Students will be able to identify examples of biomimcry applications //
 * //Students will brainstorm solutions to problems inspired by their observing how nature solved the problem. //


 * Description || Materials || N.C. Essential Standards ||
 * **VIDEO **

//TED: Janine Benyus: Biomimicry in Action //

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 * **ACTIVITY (**Teacher Notes)

//14 Best Inventions Using Biomimicry// || ||   ||
 * **ACTIVITY**

//14 Best Inventions Using Biomimicry// || ||   ||
 * **LECTURE**

//Biomimcry// ||

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 * **ACTIVITY**

//Brainstorming// || Resources:
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 * [|waynesword.palomar.edu/plmay98.htm]
 *  [|http://www.theseedsite.co.uk/dispersal.html]
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 * [|Ultimate Hitchhiker] ||  ||
 * **LAB**

//Lessons from Nature's Water Harvester//

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 * **TEACHER NOTES**

//Cool Biomimicry Possibilities// || ||   ||
 * **LAB**

//Velvet Hooks// || ||   ||
 * **ASSESSMENT**

//Propose a Product from Nature - Gecko's Feet// || ||   ||