1. Biomimicry and the Built Environment Introduction to Biomimicry for Middle School

4. Where do ideas come from?

7. Biomimicry • Bio – life • Mimicry – to copy or emulate

14. Biomimicry is learning from nature how to solve human challenges and improve our world.

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23. Learning from Nature’s Genius: A Step-by-Step Guide • What do you want your solution to do?

24. Learning from Nature’s Genius: A Step-by-Step Guide • What do you want your solution to do? • Biologize the question.

25. Learning from Nature’s Genius: A Step-by-Step Guide • What do you want your solution to do? • Biologize the question. • Find the best natural models.

26. Learning from Nature’s Genius: A Step-by-Step Guide • What do you want your solution to do? • Biologize the question. • Find the best natural models. • think about habitats

27. Learning from Nature’s Genius: A Step-by-Step Guide • What do you want your solution to do? • Biologize the question. • Find the best natural models. • think about habitats • lots of ways to find information

28. Learning from Nature’s Genius: A Step-by-Step Guide • What do you want your solution to do? • Biologize the question. • Find the best natural models. • think about habitats • lots of ways to find information • look for champions

38. Bloodstream Lungs

42. So, what does this mean to YOU?

43. T-shirt that wicks sweat like a horned lizard Vitamins based on the diet of forest apes Fasteners that stick like burrs Shoe soles that grip like a mountain goat Underwear that breathe like stomates of plants

44. Clothing colored without dyes like a butterfly or a peacock

45. Sandwich bags that biodegrade like tethers of blue mussel and zip closed like a feather

46. Computers as fast as neurons Energy the way electric eels or leaves make it

47. Systems interconnected like trees in a old-growth forest

49. What possibilities can you imagine? What creatures will inspire you?

50. Can YOU look to nature for inspiration?