Students will have a blast as they design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and animals use their external parts to help them survive! In these engaging Biomimicry STEM lessons, your student will see how humans have been inspired by nature to find solutions. Then students will have a chance of their own in a Biomimicry Engineering Design Challenge to design a solution to a human problem! This mini-unit will help teachers guide their 1st grade students through planning, building, and analyzing the results of their designs inspired by nature. This is an ELA & STEM integrated Mini-unit. The printable Biomimicry book shows students how humans have already solved problems by mimicking plants and animals. The student reader shows real photos and uses grade-appropriate language to help students notice the similarities. This awesome bundle of mini-lessons is included in our COMPLETE 1st Grade NGSS Life Science Unit. Check it out to see all of our other amazing 1st grade Life Science lesson! In addition to 5 Biomimicry Engineering Challenges, Rubrics, & A Biomimicry student reader - check out what you'll get! Biomimicry: Organism Log & Anchor Chart Lesson Step-by-step Lesson plan, Focus Question & Vocab Suggested Biomimicry YouTube Videos Suggested Read Aloud Books Biomimicry Picture Card Match Biomimicry Log Biomimicry Model Worksheet Human Homes Inspired By Nature Student Reader with Think & Review Questions and key Biomimicry Engineering Design Challenge Lesson Step-by-step Lesson plan, Focus Question & Vocab 5 Biomimicry Engineering Design Challenge Task Cards Biomimicry Engineering Design Challenge Student Note-taker and Planner Focus Question Exit Ticket with Sentence Stems & Answer Key Engineering Design Challenge Assessment Rubric Collaboration Rubric Engineering Design Process Poster BONUS: Our Complete Life Science Word Wall Vocab Cards with Picture Support! Check out some of our other 1st Grade Resources COMPLETE YEAR 1st Grade NGSS Bundle - Life, Earth & Physical Science 1st Grade NGSS Physical Science Unit!! 1st Grade NGSS Earth Science Unit!
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Use these cards as an engagement activity to your Biomimicry Lesson! With these cards students can explore and see relationships between nature and the inventions nature inspired! These images can be used as an independent science center or with our Biomimicry Lesson & Engineering Design Challenge Mini-Unit. This product was originally created to address the 1st Grade Next Generation Science Standard 1-LS1-1 Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. This resource and the mini-unit are also included in our COMPLETE 1st Grade NGSS Life Science Unit! What you'll get in this product: Biomimicry Match Cards --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out some of our other 1st Grade Resources COMPLETE YEAR 1st Grade NGSS Bundle - Life, Earth & Physical Science 1st Grade NGSS Physical Science Unit!! 1st Grade NGSS Earth Science Unit! ______________________________________________________________________________________ Follow Us on TPT It pays to follow my store! all new products are 50% off for the first 48 hours! Just click the green star to follow and you will be the first to know when new products are posted. Follow Us on Pinterest Follow Us on Instagram _____________________________________________________________________________________
Enhance your NGSS aligned Biomimicry Lesson with the use of this mini-reader alongside your Biomimicry Lesson! In this mini-reader: Human Homes Inspired by Nature, students will learn about how some animals create their homes. They will learn that people and engineers used these ideas as inspiration to create human structures! With these resources students can begin to see relationships between nature and the homes nature inspired! Integration is a pillar of true STEM education and these resources will allow you to further integrate your ELA and science content! Use this to help our students develop an understanding of how humans use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking animals! (1-LS1-1) To get this mini reader and a bunch of other awesome 1st grade NGSS and CCSS aligned resources, check out our Biomimicry Lesson & Engineering Design Challenge Mini-Unit! This resource and the mini-unit are also included in our COMPLETE 1st Grade NGSS Life Science Unit! What you'll get in this product: Human Homes Inspired by Nature: Biomimicry Mini Reader Think & Review Questions & Key! BONUS: Our Complete Life Science Word Wall Vocab Cards with Picture Support! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out some of our other 1st Grade Resources COMPLETE YEAR 1st Grade NGSS Bundle - Life, Earth & Physical Science 1st Grade NGSS Physical Science Unit!! 1st Grade NGSS Earth Science Unit! ______________________________________________________________________________________ Follow Us on TPT It pays to follow my store! all new products are 50% off for the first 48 hours! Just click the green star to follow and you will be the first to know when new products are posted. Follow Us on Pinterest Follow Us on Instagram _____________________________________________________________________________________
Please make sure you always have the most recent version of my products, I update my products all the time! I am a science teacher who is still in the classroom and every time I use one of my lesson plans, I think of new things to add! Please make sure you always have my latest version. Here’s how: -On the TpT homepage, click on “MY TpT” (top right) -Click on “MY PURCHASES” -look for my product, if you see the words “NEWLY REVISED RE-DOWNLOAD” this means I have a newer, better version.. There is no need to re-purchase the product for the updates, simply click on that link and you’ll get the latest version! Thank you!! This is my FAVORITE first grade NGSS standard – biomimicry: using nature to inspire design. Nature has perfected so many things- want to walk up a wall? Mimic gecko feet. Swim faster? Mimic shark skin. Assess damage after an earthquake? Send in tiny drones that mimic one of the most efficient flyers – dragonflies! Invention inspired by nature – the possibilities are endless! Use this packet to help your students start to look at nature in a different way – using its perfection in design to solve human problems. That’s what biomimicry is and that’s what NGSS:1-LS1-1 standard is all about. This is a really creative standard and I LOVE encouraging kids to be creative in their scientific thinking. Our nation’s future scientists and engineers are sitting in our classrooms – let’s encourage, challenge, and empower them!! Next Generation Science Standard (NGSS) addressed in this packet: Grade 1: Structure, Function, and Information Processing 1-LS1-1: Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs Start off by introducing your students to the biomimicry concept using the first 8 slides of the packet. I project these onto my whiteboard so we can discuss as a class. Slides show a photo of an invention (ex. Velcro) and then the plant or animal that inspired it. -Project the next 5 slides showing a problem and a challenge. Example: Problem: Alex wants to ride a bike and needs to protect his head. Challenge: Using a turtle as a model, make something for Alex that will protect his head. There is a worksheet for all 5 slides so students can draw their solution ideas, title page included. Copy the 5 worksheets and title page back to back so students will have a 3 page booklet with 5 drawings of their biomimicry ideas. -Have students create their own Secret Box using the template provided. Challenge your kids: they must create a secret box- no one is allowed to look inside the box other than the owner of the box! It can contain anything they want to keep secret! Money, notes, candy, etc. Students must protect the box using biomimicry – add something to the box so that no one can open it- cactus spines, shark teeth, etc. – let the children use their imagination! Let them look to nature to try to come up with a design solution to this problem. Project the 8 slides of animals, plants, and their defenses to help the children come up with some ideas. Students should then actually glue structures onto the box – this can be paper cut as sharp teeth, pipe cleaners cut into cactus spines, use anything you have in your classroom! The last worksheet is a biomimicry challenge where your students have to come up with a problem, then use an idea from nature to solve it. They can write about their idea on the worksheet and you can ask them to create an actual model of their idea. Have fun!! Follow my store! You will receive an email every time I put up a freebie or a new product for sale.To follow me, go to the top right of this page where you see my photo, next to the little green star it says “Follow Me”. Click on that and you’ll receive the email updates. Thanks for stopping by my PK – 4 science store! Sue Please note: these units are for the use of one educator. If you would like to share my lesson plans with a co-worker, your team, your school, or your district, please purchase multiple licenses which are offered at half price. When you click “add to cart”, please also click on “ buy licenses to share” and then enter the quantity of half-price licenses. Thank you so much!! Sue from Science for Kids :)
Did you know we use biomimicry in our daily life? Biomimicry is taking an idea from nature and applying it to a human problem, This is how velcro was
For generations, designers in industries around the globe have looked to nature to develop pioneering products that change the way we live. Today, biomimicry continues to be one of the most influential forces in design. As our society moves forward, new challenges present themselves. Even though som
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Biomimicry is a fascinating and novel topic of study for younger students. Also called biomimetics, it comes from the Greek roots bios, meaning “life,” and mimesis, “to imitate.” It is observing “what works” in nature and mimicking it to solve problems, create, and innovate. Co-founder of the Biomimicry Institute, Janine Benyus calls it “innovation inspired ... Read more
Inspiration never runs out when it comes to Nature — the best designer there is. In the “Biomimicry” competition, Eleven Magazine challenged architects and designers worldwide to send their ...
Biomimicry education is creating the next generation of nature-inspired problem solvers.
Biomimicry examines the extraordinary innovations of the natural world and the human inventions they have inspired. Readers will learn about marvels such as high-performance swimsuits modeled after sharkskin and the sleek front ends of Japanese bullet trains based on the long, streamlined beak of the kingfisher. There’s also plenty about what glimmers on the horizon: A Brazilian beetle may be key to developing computers that run on light, and the gecko’s humble foot may hold the secret to revolutionizing the way surgical wounds are closed. Best of all, nature’s inventions are lean, green machines that are self-sustaining and generate zero waste --- yet another cue humans are taking from the natural world. Astounding facts, easy-to-understand prose and luminous illustrations bring the wonders of nature into the science lab.
Did you know we use biomimicry in our daily life? Biomimicry is taking an idea from nature and applying it to a human problem, This is how velcro was
Biomimicry STEM activity for NGSS First Grade and Utah SEEd Second Grade.
Books, magnifying glass, journal and pencils. Here are some ideas to inspire a love for inventions and nature. Robert Macfarlane The Lost Words is a beautiful large-format children’s book with stun…
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