Science Insects | PBL Lapbook Biomimicry Design Inspired by Nature

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Your students will love a project about insects and you will be
amazed at how easy it is to introduce design challenges into your
classroom. This resource includes a lesson plan that will guide you
through the process of using biomimicry glasses where the focus is on
studying special features and superpowers that insects have spent
billions of years developing. The aim is to inspire students to ask
questions, study animals and use their knowledge to design toys and
solve problems.

Enter the fascinating world of insects – from grasshoppers to shimmering fireflies!

These activities are fun and engaging.

Feel inspired, Be Creative and Make Change.

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

This eye-opening Insect package contains:

1. Introduction to biomimicry

2. What we know and what we want to know

3. What I know about insects

4. Ways to find out about insects

5. I Love Dragonflies because. . .

6. How dragonflies and damselflies wings get their patterns

7. What if I was a dragonfly or a damselfly

8. Add extra to the ordinary! A dragonfly robot

9. Insect inspired Invention mind map

10. Things I Love about beetles and bugs

11. Acrostic poem

12. Color-in – bugs and beetles are not tasty

13. Design Challenge— Ladybugs

14. Light Dance—Fireflies mind map

15. Random words – fireflies – cartoon

16. Imagination challenge – grasshopper – jumping machine

17. Design word challenge

18. Extra extra read all about it!

19. Praying mantis – build a machine that can grab things quickly

20. Gallery of Flies

21. Writing Challenge

22. Links and book tips

23. Biomimicry lapbook

24. 3 posters

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: Mammals, Reptiles & Amphibians – STEAM, Biomimicry, NGSS

“Used this for a Kindergarten STEAM club unit and it was a hit!”

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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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.),
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