Platypus Life Cycle | Biomimicry Design Nature Compatible with NGSS
Let this Australian animal push your students’ thinking about mammals. You’ll have a great time exploring this unique egg-laying animal with your students using this engaging resource. Learning about the life cycle is fascinating and using platypuses as inspiration for creative thinking can lead to wonderful and exciting ideas and insights.
What are you waiting for? Purchase this fun, educational and engaging resource now and give your students a science activity they'll love.
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This unique Life Cycle package contains:
1. Cards
2. Poster
3. Can you identify the different stages?
4. Facts about Platypus
5. What if I was a platypus? - Platypus Have Are Can
6. Platypus words - make your own dictionary
7. Platypus Poem
8. Why are platypus so weird?
9. Mammals that lay eggs
10. Platypus vs koala - venn diagram
11. Marsupial or Not a Marsupial - What do you think?
12. All about Platypus! - Mindmap
13. Ask the Puggle Sparkling Questions
14. Storywriting prompt
15. Platypus Superpowers
16. Things that glow in the dark
17. Think Diving for a platypus Detective - biofluorescent fur.
18. Design Challenge - Platypus
19. My Platypus–Inspired Innovation
20. Reflection - assessment
21. How to use biomimicry in the classroom
Why am I qualified to write these biomimicry resources? I was a member of BEN - Biomimicry Education Network - and a curator of educational resources at BEN. I am the author of the book Biomimicry with Theo & Tuva: Nature spotting inspires wild ideas. In 2015, I completed a course in Biomimicry: A Sustainable Design Methodology at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. I took part in the Biomimicry Design Challenge in 2021.
Product Format:
• This download is a PDF and is formatted in US Letter size. If you would prefer an alternate sizing, A4 size or spelling (colour vs color etc.), please leave me a note in the ‘ask a question section of my store'.
Number of pages - 36
