Biomimicry Unit Study - Curious Trails | Science Unit | Homeschool Curriculum
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Discover the wonders of nature’s ingenuity with our Biomimicry Curious Trails Nature Study! This engaging unit is designed to help learners explore how plants, animals, and ecosystems inspire innovative human designs. Through hands-on activities, research prompts, and creative notebooking pages, children will deepen their understanding of how nature’s solutions are shaping modern technology and sustainable practices.
Throughout each CURIOUS TRAILS NATURE STUDY you’ll find open-and-go topic study guides and lots of hands-on-activities ranging from S.T.E.M. projects, art invitations, nature journaling, cooking together, and more! This family-style unit is divided into 4 weekly nature lessons with activities that follow and ideas for our younger and older learners. Come together for our unit celebration to study nature poetry while enjoying delicious Grasshopper Pie!
Important: This is a PDF download. No physical product will be mailed to you. Print at home or at your favorite printing store. This unit is not formatted for double-sided printing. Activity sheets are best printed single-sided.
What's included in the Curious Trails Biomimicry Unit Study:
WEEK ONE: WHAT IS BIOMIMICRY?
• Discover the principles that guide biomimic inventors.
• Explore the six important steps of the Biomimicry Institute's Biomimicry Design Spiral that can help us find biometric solutions.
• Test your knowledge and see if you can match the wildlife that inspired these inventions in our matching game.
• Start your Biomimicry Design challenge!
WEEK TWO: LESSONS FROM SEEDS
•Learn how maple keys inspired wind turbines.
•Compare the physics of flying seeds in your area with our nature journaling investigation.
•Explore the history of Velcro®️
•Examine the mechanisms behind ‘sticky seeds’.
•Complete the next step of your Biomimicry Design Challenge.
WEEK THREE: LESSONS FROM ARTHROPODS
•Learn how spiders are inspiring a new world of sustainable fashion!
•Catch a spider web and investigate its characteristics.
•Meet three robots modeled after insects.
•Identify the parts of a grasshopper that give it its super-jumping power and create an origami model.
•Complete the third step of your Biomimicry Design Challenge.
WEEK FOUR: LESSONS FROM BIRDS
•Meet a small bird that inspired one of the fastest trains on the planet!
•Discover how woodpeckers led to innovations in ‘black box’ designs that can withstand forces of up to 60,000 g!
•Conduct a shock-absorbing experiment.
•Finish the last step of your Biomimicry Design Challenge and present the plans for your new invention to your family.
UNIT CELEBRATION
Study nature poetry while enjoying a delicious Grasshopper Pie.
*Please note, the books and other materials in the product photos are for staging purposes only and are not included with your purchase.
From our family to yours,
Jacqueline
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