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Biomimicry and the Built Environment

Biomimicry and the Built Environment. Introduction to Biomimicry for Fourth Grade. Where do ideas come from?. BIOMIMICRY. BIOMIMICRY. BIO – Life Mimicry – copy or emulate. So, what does this mean to YOU?. T-shirt that wicks sweat like a horned lizard.

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Biomimicry and the Built Environment

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  1. Biomimicry and the Built Environment Introduction to Biomimicry for Fourth Grade

  2. Where do ideas come from?

  3. BIOMIMICRY

  4. BIOMIMICRY • BIO – Life • Mimicry – copy or emulate

  5. So, what does this mean to YOU?

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

  7. Clothing colored without dyes like a butterfly, a peacock, or a sea slug

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

  9. Systems interconnected like trees in a old-growth forest Computers as fast as neurons Computer screens that create color the same way as wings of a butterfly

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

  11. Can YOU look to nature for inspiration?

  12. 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

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

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