Forest Cones | PBL Biomimicry Design Inspired by Nature Math STEAM

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Why not use cones as inspiration for bold new designs of houses or cities? Let this Forest Cone resource push your students to study cones with a biomimicry lens. Exciting insights and ideas might emerge while learning about how cones open and close depending on the level of moisture.
These science activities are fun and engaging!
This resource has been prepared so that your students can use it on digital devices. I have selected suitable slides for you, you need to insert text boxes and you can also add instructions for your students.
Contact me at maliasa@live.com if you have any questions, thanks.
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This engaging Forest package contains:
1. Why teach biomimicry
2. Getting Started Guide
3. Things I love about cones
4. Acrostic poem
5. Describe a cone
6. Fibonacci numbers
7. Design challenge - Fibonacci numbers
8. Design a city - - Fibonacci numbers
9. Scales open and close
10. Story writing -planning
11. Write a story about innovation
12. How to use biomimicry in the classroom - inspiration and ideas
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Why am I qualified to write these environment and biomimicry resources? In 2015, I completed a course in Making Sense of Climate Change Denial at the University of Queensland. 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.
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