Woodland Animals & Plants | Biomimicry Design Nature Compatible with NGSS

Can you invent something using porcupine as inspiration? With many interesting facts and creative thinking prompts, the included information will help you introduce hours of engaging science activities about the woodland to your students. Learning about woodland animals & plants with a biomimicry lens will provide inspiration for creative thinking that can lead to wonderful and exciting ideas and insights. 

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This engaging Woodland package contains:

1. Why Teach Biomimicry

2. Getting Started Guide

3. How to Observe and Collect Information about mammals & plants

4. What we know and what we want to know

5. What I know about woodland

6. A hedgehog has, can, is

7. I love hedgehogs because. . .

8. What if I was a hedgehog? - Protection Helmet

9. Terrific Noses

10. A porcupine has, can, is

11. Compare and contrast - venn diagram - spines, quills

12. A sharp idea

13. Biomimicry poem

14. Nutty Facts & Observations

15. Why does a squirrel flick its tail?

16. Quick squirrel ideas

17. Design challenge - words

18. Feather poem

19. I love birds because . . .

20. Bird’s Nest - little or low value

21. Design challenge - bird's nest

22. What it feels like to use the invention - story writing

23. Fox dance

24. Invent a dancing robot, spy camera, or toy inspired by the eyes of the fox.

25. Doodling gallery

26. Helicopter seeds

27. Parachutes, fans, wind energy, spacecraft

28. What I learned

29. Explain the coolest idea

30. How to use biomimicry in the classroom - inspiration and ideas

31. Links to videos and information

32. Biomimicry Lapbook

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.

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Number of pages - 58