1. Introduction to Biomimicry for Middle School Biomimicry and the Built Environment

4. Where do ideas come from?

7. Bio – life Mimicry – to copy or emulate Biomimicry

14. Biomimicry is learning from nature how to solve human challenges and improve our world.

16. Learning from Nature’s Genius: A Step-by-Step Guide 1.What do you want your solution to do?

17. Learning from Nature’s Genius: A Step-by-Step Guide 1.What do you want your solution to do? 2.Biologize the question.

18. Learning from Nature’s Genius: A Step-by-Step Guide 1.What do you want your solution to do? 2.Biologize the question. 3.Find the best natural models.

19. Learning from Nature’s Genius: A Step-by-Step Guide 1.What do you want your solution to do? 2.Biologize the question. 3.Find the best natural models. think about habitats

20. Learning from Nature’s Genius: A Step-by-Step Guide 1.What do you want your solution to do? 2.Biologize the question. 3.Find the best natural models. think about habitats lots of ways to find information

21. Learning from Nature’s Genius: A Step-by-Step Guide 1.What do you want your solution to do? 2.Biologize the question. 3.Find the best natural models. think about habitats lots of ways to find information look for champions

23. So, what does this mean to YOU?

24. Shoe soles that grip like a mountain goat Underwear that breathe like stomates of plants T-shirt that wicks sweat like a horned lizard Fasteners that stick like burrs Vitamins based on the diet of forest apes

25. Clothing colored without dyes like a butterfly or a peacock

26. Sandwich bags that biodegrade like tethers of blue mussel and zip closed like a feather

27. Computers as fast as neurons Energy the way electric eels or leaves make it

28. Systems interconnected like trees in a old- growth forest

30. What creatures will inspire you? What possibilities can you imagine?

31. Can YOU look to nature for inspiration?

32. Here are Some Ways to Start Take a Hike! Sit quietly outside and OBSERVE Ask questions in Biology class Stay in School Read books about the natural world Do research on your favorite creature and all its cool functions, for yourself! Go to college and study Biology and Design

33. Never stop asking Why or How It’s your future.