I want to learn about bio mimicry on a second grade level with hands on activities.
I'm so excited to explore this with you! Before we dive into our nature adventures, I'd love to know if you have any favorite animals or plants that you're especially curious about so we can use them in our designs.
I love birds!
Birds are a perfect choice because they are absolute champions of design!
To help us understand how humans copy them, let's learn a big science word: .
biomimicry
noun
The practice of looking at nature and copying its designs to solve human problems.
Think of nature as the world's greatest inventor! Animals and plants have had millions of years to practice and perfect their special shapes to survive. When humans have a problem to solve, we can ask, "How does nature do it?"
Let's look at a cool example of a bird that helped solve a noisy, high-speed train problem!