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Wild Buildings and Bridges: Architecture Inspired by NatureEtta Kaner and Carl Wiens

This book for kids age 8-12, celebrates examples of nature's influence on building and bridge designs all over the world and includes simple activities that help illustrate some concepts.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
ActivitiesBooks
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Business Innovation and Solutions Through BiomimicryMontana Natural History Center

This video features professor Jakki Mohr discussing ways to connect business and nature through biomimicry.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Film / TV / Video
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STEM Activity for 1st Grade: Nature-Inspired DesignDavid Lee EdTech

This video describes a project in which students used design thinking and nature inspired design to engineer a tool for a family activity.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Film / TV / Video
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Powers of Ten: Blue Morpho ButterflyNational Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

The Blue Morpho Butterfly is a frequently referenced example of structural color. This lesson plan explores the structure and possible biomimetic applications.

Profile PhotoSherry Ritter
Lesson Plans
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Wild-Inspired Robotic ArmsPBS LearningMedia and NOVA

A video excerpted from NOVA: “Making Stuff Wilder,” provided with a background essay, accompanying classroom project guide, and discussion questions for grades 6-12.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
ActivitiesFilm / TV / Video
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Biomes and BiomimicryDiscovery Education

In this activity, students work in teams and use biomimicry to build an Adaptation Station that will enhance life for humans living in a specific environment.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Activities
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Biomimicry: The “Natural” Intersection of Biology and EngineeringCeleste Nicholas & Jeffrey Peterson

An article detailing a biomimicry engineering project for middle school students. Provided with NGSS alignments (MS-ETS1-1 and MS-LS4-6) by curators at NSTA.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Articles / ReportsLesson Plans
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“Trait Mountain” STEM UnitSTEM Roots

This three-week life science themed unit is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards for first grade—including a comprehensive lesson on biomimicry aligned to NGSS 1-LS1-1.

Profile PhotoSTEM Roots
Curriculum Units
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Implementing Biomimicry and Sustainable Design with an Emphasis on the Application of Ecological PrinciplesVanderbilt University

In this collection of lessons high school students study ecological relationships in the Sonoran Desert, examine species adaptations, and then apply what they have learned in a design challenge.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Curriculum Units
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It’s in the Bag: Engineering BioInspired GearMuseum of Science, Boston

Created for after school and camp programs, this unit takes students through a bio-inspired engineering design challenge.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Curriculum Units
resource

Structural BiomaterialsJulian Vincent

An introduction to the structural materials in natural organisms and what we can learn from them to improve man-made technology.

Profile PhotoDenise DeLuca
Books
resource

“Who Is Your Champion?”Caryn Walker, Roberta L. Ethington, and Alyssa Y. Stark

This article for teachers outlines a series of upper elementary lessons on structure and function, with an extension lesson that incorporates related engineering design. Provided with NGSS alignments (4-LS1-1) by curators at NSTA.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Articles / ReportsLesson Plans
resource

Mother Nature’s ShoesSciGirls

In this episode from the PBS series SciGirls, nature’s strategies inspire a group of friends to design a safer shoe for walking on icy streets. An accompanying activity teaches students about friction.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
ActivitiesFilm / TV / Video
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Bio-Inspired Design ProjectThe Kids' Science Challenge

A collection of lessons created in conjunction with the “2009 Kids’ Science Challenge."

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Lesson Plans
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Just Passing Through: Designing Model MembranesMuseum of Science, Boston

This unit, from the Engineering Is Elementary series, introduces elementary students to bio-inspired engineering.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Curriculum Units
resource

Biomimicry & Science: Applying Nature’s StrategiesBiomimicry Institute & EcoRise

A high school science curriculum that reinforces core concepts in biology, chemistry, and physics, and includes a biomimicry design challenge.

Profile PhotoAskNature Team
Curriculum Units
resource

Engineering Inspired by NatureThe Center for Learning with Nature

An award-winning, standards-aligned engineering curriculum for middle and high school.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Curriculum Units
resource

Bio-Inspired Design: Scientist Audio ProgramsPulse of the Planet

A collection of 28 two-minute radio segments featuring scientists talking about natural strategies and bio-inspired design.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Audio / Podcasts
resource

Fritz Vollrath: “Who wouldn’t want to study spiders?”The Guardian

Article and accompanying 13 minute video featuring a researcher who studies the biology of spider silks to develop high-tech fibers.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Articles / ReportsFilm / TV / Video
resource

Biomimicry: Natural DesignsUniversity of Colorado Boulder

50 minute activity for 3rd-5th graders focused on biomimicry in engineering.

Profile PhotoAskNature Team
ActivitiesLesson Plans
resource

Wild Buildings and Bridges: Architecture Inspired by NatureEtta Kaner and Carl Wiens

This book for kids age 8-12, celebrates examples of nature's influence on building and bridge designs all over the world and includes simple activities that help illustrate some concepts.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
ActivitiesBooks
resource

Business Innovation and Solutions Through BiomimicryMontana Natural History Center

This video features professor Jakki Mohr discussing ways to connect business and nature through biomimicry.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Film / TV / Video
resource

STEM Activity for 1st Grade: Nature-Inspired DesignDavid Lee EdTech

This video describes a project in which students used design thinking and nature inspired design to engineer a tool for a family activity.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Film / TV / Video
resource

Powers of Ten: Blue Morpho ButterflyNational Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

The Blue Morpho Butterfly is a frequently referenced example of structural color. This lesson plan explores the structure and possible biomimetic applications.

Profile PhotoSherry Ritter
Lesson Plans
resource

Wild-Inspired Robotic ArmsPBS LearningMedia and NOVA

A video excerpted from NOVA: “Making Stuff Wilder,” provided with a background essay, accompanying classroom project guide, and discussion questions for grades 6-12.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
ActivitiesFilm / TV / Video
resource

Biomes and BiomimicryDiscovery Education

In this activity, students work in teams and use biomimicry to build an Adaptation Station that will enhance life for humans living in a specific environment.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Activities
resource

Biomimicry: The “Natural” Intersection of Biology and EngineeringCeleste Nicholas & Jeffrey Peterson

An article detailing a biomimicry engineering project for middle school students. Provided with NGSS alignments (MS-ETS1-1 and MS-LS4-6) by curators at NSTA.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Articles / ReportsLesson Plans
resource

“Trait Mountain” STEM UnitSTEM Roots

This three-week life science themed unit is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards for first grade—including a comprehensive lesson on biomimicry aligned to NGSS 1-LS1-1.

Profile PhotoSTEM Roots
Curriculum Units
resource

Implementing Biomimicry and Sustainable Design with an Emphasis on the Application of Ecological PrinciplesVanderbilt University

In this collection of lessons high school students study ecological relationships in the Sonoran Desert, examine species adaptations, and then apply what they have learned in a design challenge.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Curriculum Units
resource

It’s in the Bag: Engineering BioInspired GearMuseum of Science, Boston

Created for after school and camp programs, this unit takes students through a bio-inspired engineering design challenge.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Curriculum Units
resource

Structural BiomaterialsJulian Vincent

An introduction to the structural materials in natural organisms and what we can learn from them to improve man-made technology.

Profile PhotoDenise DeLuca
Books
resource

“Who Is Your Champion?”Caryn Walker, Roberta L. Ethington, and Alyssa Y. Stark

This article for teachers outlines a series of upper elementary lessons on structure and function, with an extension lesson that incorporates related engineering design. Provided with NGSS alignments (4-LS1-1) by curators at NSTA.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Articles / ReportsLesson Plans
resource

Mother Nature’s ShoesSciGirls

In this episode from the PBS series SciGirls, nature’s strategies inspire a group of friends to design a safer shoe for walking on icy streets. An accompanying activity teaches students about friction.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
ActivitiesFilm / TV / Video
resource

Bio-Inspired Design ProjectThe Kids' Science Challenge

A collection of lessons created in conjunction with the “2009 Kids’ Science Challenge."

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Lesson Plans
resource

Just Passing Through: Designing Model MembranesMuseum of Science, Boston

This unit, from the Engineering Is Elementary series, introduces elementary students to bio-inspired engineering.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Curriculum Units
resource

Biomimicry & Science: Applying Nature’s StrategiesBiomimicry Institute & EcoRise

A high school science curriculum that reinforces core concepts in biology, chemistry, and physics, and includes a biomimicry design challenge.

Profile PhotoAskNature Team
Curriculum Units
resource

Engineering Inspired by NatureThe Center for Learning with Nature

An award-winning, standards-aligned engineering curriculum for middle and high school.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Curriculum Units
resource

Bio-Inspired Design: Scientist Audio ProgramsPulse of the Planet

A collection of 28 two-minute radio segments featuring scientists talking about natural strategies and bio-inspired design.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Audio / Podcasts
resource

Fritz Vollrath: “Who wouldn’t want to study spiders?”The Guardian

Article and accompanying 13 minute video featuring a researcher who studies the biology of spider silks to develop high-tech fibers.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Articles / ReportsFilm / TV / Video
resource

Biomimicry: Natural DesignsUniversity of Colorado Boulder

50 minute activity for 3rd-5th graders focused on biomimicry in engineering.

Profile PhotoAskNature Team
ActivitiesLesson Plans
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