Sunflower Life Cycle | PBL Resource Biomimicry Design Inspired by Nature

Make learning engaging by adding design challenges to your Sunflower Life Cycle unit. Designing a school inspired by sunflowers is a wonderful biomimicry challenge. This resource extends the life cycle learning and shows students how careful observations of plants can be not only exciting but also lead to important and useful insights.

Purchase this sunflower resource now and give your students great science activities perfect for Spring as well as Summer and Autumn projects.

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This engaging Sunflower package contains:

1. Cards

2. Poster

3. Can you identify the different stages?

4. Parts of a Sunflower

5. Sunflowers Have Are Can

6. Sunflower words - make your own dictionary

7. Sunflower Facts

8. Germination of a sunflower seed

9. How does the lifecycle continue?

10. Seeds, Seeds, Delicious Seeds!

11. Sunflower Poem

12. All about Sunflowers! - Mindmap

13. Superpowers

14. Follow the sun

15. Think Diving for a Sunflower Detective - Pattern of the seeds

16. Storywriting prompt

17. Design a school or house inspired by sunflowers

18. My Plan for a sunflower inspired building

19. Make a Poster for the Opening

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 - 33