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Item description Are you looking for a resource that will engage your students in the learning process? This resource uses questions as inspiration for conducting research into different animals. The animals are used as inspiration to design robots. Watch as your students explore ideas to create robots that can wave at you inspired by lemurs or jump over high fences inspired by kangaroos. This easy-to-use product is the perfect addition to centers and will have your students inventing and creating in no time! This resource is perfect if you want something exciting for a project based learning unit. It includes a lesson plan that will guide you through the process of using biomimicry and steam activities. The aim is to inspire students to ask questions, study animals, and use creative thinking to design robots. Robots capture children’s imagination. Self-driving cars, robot bees that pollinate flowers, and jumping kangaroo robots may be part of our future. With robots, children can learn to explore dreams and use these dreams to solve problems. These activities are fun and engaging. And great brain workout! Contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions, thanks. This enjoyable Robot package contains: 1. Introduction to Biomimicry and What we know and what we want to know 2. Things I love about robos 3. How can you build a robo that can fly. . . 4. Study animals and design a flying robo 5. What do you need to build your robot? 6. Write a story about a robo in space 9. Plan your robo story 10. Questions for a robo story 11. Write your robo story 12. How can you build a robo that can pick up things. . . 13. Study animals and design a robo 14. Write a story about a robo with several arms or. . . 15. What if you could design a robo that can grow like a tree . . . 16. Study animals and design a robo 17. Steps to build a robo 18. What if you could design a robo that can jump. . . 19. Study animals and design a robo 20. Acrostic poem 21. What if you could build a robo that can crawl. . . 22. Study animals and design a robo 23. Describe your animal 24. Picture gallery of robos 25. Sea Lionbot Poem 26. How can you build a robo that can swim. . . 27. Study animals and design a robo 28. Colorful fish 29. Reflection on learning 30. How to use biomimicry in the classroom 31. Questions cards – how to design robos 32. Links and book tips 33. 3 posters Color as well as White background 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: • 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.), please leave me a note in the ‘ask a question section of my store’.
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