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Biomimicry and the Built Environment

This introductory guide to biomimicry offers middle school students a fascinating look at how nature can inspire innovative solutions to human challenges. Through engaging examples, from clothing that breathes like plant stomates to sandwich bags inspired by mussels, students learn to observe and emulate the genius of life forms. The guide encourages hands-on exploration—asking questions, observing natural habitats, and conducting research—while fostering a connection between biology and design, ultimately nurturing a future generation of thinkers and problem-solvers.

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Biomimicry and the Built Environment

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

  2. Where do ideas come from?

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

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

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

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

  7. 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.

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. So, what does this mean to YOU?

  12. 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

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

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

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

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

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

  18. Can YOU look to nature for inspiration?

  19. Here are Some Ways to Start • Take a Hike! • Sit quietly outside and OBSERVE • Ask questions in Biology class • Stay in School • Read books about the natural world • Do research on your favorite creature and all its cool functions, for yourself! • Go to college and study Biology and Design

  20. Never stop asking Why or How It’s your future.

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