Plants & Fungi Project | Biomimicry Design Activities | Nonfiction | STEAM

Explore the fascinating world of plants and fungi with your students in a new and exciting way! The aim of this biomimicry resource is to inspire students to ask questions, and study plants and fungi with a focus on functions and strategies used in the natural world. By tapping into these secrets we can learn not only about ourselves but also find solutions to problems and ideas for new innovation.

This lesson plan will guide you through the process of using biomimicry and steam activities with a focus on inspiring students to use creative as well as critical thinking skills to explore problems.

This resource has been prepared so that your students can use it on digital devices. I have selected suitable slides for you, you need to insert text boxes and you can also add instructions for your students.

Contact me at maliasa@live.com if you have any questions, thanks.

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This engaging Plants & Fungi package contains:

1. Introduction to biomimicry

2. Plants are awesome

3. Part of a plant

4. Plant parts

5. Plant Have Can Are

6. Facts about plants

7. Different types of plants

8. What is Photosynthesis?

9. Acrostic Plant Poem

10. Design Challenge Plants

11. Special Features

12. Mind Map - My Ideas

13. Share your idea with the World

14. Design a tree-planting machine

15. Design challenge - Dandelions

16. Pitcher plant - No Way Back!

17. Design challenge - Pitcher plant

18. Pitcher plant-inspired idea

19. Design challenge - Cacti

20. Cacti-inspired idea

21. Parts of a mushroom

22. What do mushrooms/plants need to grow?

23. Fungi diagram - Fungi vs Plant

24. Fungi Superpowers

25. Fungi growing everywhere

26. Mushroom poem

27. Fungi poster

28. Imagination challenge - Lattice Stinkhorn Fungi

29. Smelly fungi

30. Rethink the way burglar alarms are working

31. Wild & Fantastic Sustainable Fungi Ideas!

32. Share your idea with the world

33. Story writing prompt

34. Fantastic Fabulous Fungi

35. Fairytale Fungi x3

36. Fairy Rings

37. Fairy Ring Town

38. Story writing prompt

39. What I have learned

40. How to use biomimicry in the classroom - Ideas

Why am I qualified to write these biomimicry resources? In 2015, I completed a course in Making Sense of Climate Change Denial at the University of Queensland. 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.

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Number of pages - 46 ónly counting pages used by students and teachers.