Science Bears | Biomimicry Design Inspired by Nature Compatible with NGSS

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Your students will LOVE designing a menu inspired by grizzly bears!
Learning about bears with a biomimicry lens will provide inspiration for
creative thinking that can lead to wonderful and exciting ideas and
insights.

Bears are extraordinary animals. Some bears
climb trees others make a wide range of interesting noises. Use the
observations and information to invent something fantastic. It is
fascinating to watch as your students grow in confidence in using nature
as a stepping-stone to solve design challenges.

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

This engaging Bear package contains:

1. Why Teach Biomimicry

2. Getting Started Guide

3. How to Observe and Collect Information about bears

4. Bears Are Can Have

5. Polar bears are fascinating because. . .

6. What if I was a polar bear? Invent something fluffy and warm inspired by the fur.

7. Feet like a polar bear. Use pictures as inspiration to invent something.

8. Invent a robo using the polar bear as our inspiration.

9. What do grizzly bears eat?

10. Make a menu inspired by grizzly bears. Invent a glove that selects food.

11. Great at digging – design a gardening/farming tool or machine inspired by grizzly bears.

12. Sleeping grizzly bears. Invent a sleeping bag.

13. Giant Pandas are great because. . .

14. Glove or toy inspired by giant pandas.

15. Long Tongue – Sun Bears

16. Spectacled bear – Log peeling robo, Cool sunglasses

17. Sloth bear – Singing pavement

18. How to use biomimicry in the classroom – inspiration and ideas

19. Links to videos and information

20. Poster

Reviews of other Think Dive – Sparking Children’s Thinkibility products:

Project based learning: Bats, STEAM, Biomimicry

“This
product is absolutely the favorite one I have purchased all fall! I
love the information that is provided about bats – just enough to
intrigue and encourage higher level thinking. There are graphic
organizers, worksheets, and subtle suggestions to help young learners
perform at their best! And best of all, it stretches their creativity!
Thanks for such an amazing resource!”

Project Based Learning, Insects, Lapbook – STEAM, Biomimicry

A
very comprehensive, thorough, and unique resource to teach elementary
students about biomimicry! An excellent addition to any biology unit!

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:

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