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Academic Subject: Life Science

Inclusive of Biology and Ecology.

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Evogeneao Tree of LifeEvogeneao.com

Graphics, video, and other resources for teaching about evolution and how all life on Earth is related.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Film / TV / VideoVisual ToolsWebsites / Apps
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
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The Importance of Biological InteractionsTNC Nature Works Everywhere

Biological interactions are all around us, both in the natural world and within our human society. This lesson helps students recognize different types of biological interactions, with a focus on coral reefs.

Profile PhotoSherry Ritter
Lesson Plans
resource

Fighting Fire with FireTNC Nature Works Everywhere

Using Florida as an example, this lesson teaches about the gopher tortoise as a keystone species, the importance of the gopher's burrow to other organisms, and plant adaptations to fire.

Profile PhotoSherry Ritter
Lesson Plans
resource

How Natural Areas Filter WaterTNC Nature Works Everywhere

In this lesson with an introductory video, students learn the value of clean freshwater and the natural processes that ensure an adequate supply of usable freshwater.

Profile PhotoSherry Ritter
Lesson Plans
resource

The Purpose of PartsChristine Anne Royce

In this lesson first grade students consider how a human problem can be solved by mimicking a structure from the animal world that has a similar purpose. Provided with NGSS alignments (1-LS1-1) by NSTA.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Lesson Plans
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

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

The Way Nature WorksJill Bailey (Ed.)

Simple explanations for natural phenomena, each well illustrated with charts, diagrams, and photographs.

Profile PhotoAskNature Team
Books
resource

Exploring the Way Life Works: The Science of BiologyMahlon Hoagland and Bert Dodson

Comprehensive illustrated overview of the natural world from patterns in life to energy and evolution.

Profile PhotoAskNature Team
Books
resource

Doodling in math: Spirals, Fibonacci, and being a plantVi Hart

This three-part video series playfully explores the mathematics of spirals, the patterns found in plants, and the simple rules that optimize how plants grow.

Profile PhotoAskNature Team
Film / TV / Video
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

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

Superhydrophobicity – The Lotus EffectUniversity of Colorado Boulder

Students learn how plants create and use superhydrophobic surfaces in nature and how engineers have created human-made products that mimic these properties.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Lesson Plans
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

Evogeneao Tree of LifeEvogeneao.com

Graphics, video, and other resources for teaching about evolution and how all life on Earth is related.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Film / TV / VideoVisual ToolsWebsites / Apps
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

The Importance of Biological InteractionsTNC Nature Works Everywhere

Biological interactions are all around us, both in the natural world and within our human society. This lesson helps students recognize different types of biological interactions, with a focus on coral reefs.

Profile PhotoSherry Ritter
Lesson Plans
resource

Fighting Fire with FireTNC Nature Works Everywhere

Using Florida as an example, this lesson teaches about the gopher tortoise as a keystone species, the importance of the gopher's burrow to other organisms, and plant adaptations to fire.

Profile PhotoSherry Ritter
Lesson Plans
resource

How Natural Areas Filter WaterTNC Nature Works Everywhere

In this lesson with an introductory video, students learn the value of clean freshwater and the natural processes that ensure an adequate supply of usable freshwater.

Profile PhotoSherry Ritter
Lesson Plans
resource

The Purpose of PartsChristine Anne Royce

In this lesson first grade students consider how a human problem can be solved by mimicking a structure from the animal world that has a similar purpose. Provided with NGSS alignments (1-LS1-1) by NSTA.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Lesson Plans
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

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

The Way Nature WorksJill Bailey (Ed.)

Simple explanations for natural phenomena, each well illustrated with charts, diagrams, and photographs.

Profile PhotoAskNature Team
Books
resource

Exploring the Way Life Works: The Science of BiologyMahlon Hoagland and Bert Dodson

Comprehensive illustrated overview of the natural world from patterns in life to energy and evolution.

Profile PhotoAskNature Team
Books
resource

Doodling in math: Spirals, Fibonacci, and being a plantVi Hart

This three-part video series playfully explores the mathematics of spirals, the patterns found in plants, and the simple rules that optimize how plants grow.

Profile PhotoAskNature Team
Film / TV / Video
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

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

Superhydrophobicity – The Lotus EffectUniversity of Colorado Boulder

Students learn how plants create and use superhydrophobic surfaces in nature and how engineers have created human-made products that mimic these properties.

Profile PhotoGretchen Hooker
Lesson Plans
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
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