Lesson Plans

Nature’s Origami

Lesson Overview : Lesson focuses on teams of students using nature-derived inspiration to design a functioning solar panel that ...

Biomimicry, Engineering Design, Environmental Science, Grade 9-12, Lesson Plans

Animal Armor

Lesson Overview: Students study different types of arthropods and design 3D printed body armor for stuffed animals based on exoskeletons. ...

3D Printing, Biomimicry, Entomology, exoskeleton, Lesson Plans

Bug RVs: Build a Better Bug Box

Lesson Overview: Biology students study insects and design a box for collecting insects. This design is done in collaboration with ...

3D Printing, Bug Boxes, Design, Entomology, insect, Lesson Plans

Bumblebot: Engineering a Pollination Solution

Lesson Overview: Students will model photosynthesis and energy transfer, examine human influence on pollinators, and learn bee behavior in order ...

Biomimicry, Energy Transfer, Grade 9-12, Lesson Plans, Main Lessons, Photosynthesis, Pollination, Robots

Build a bug: Designing a Predator Insect

Lesson Overview: The students will research what makes a good predator to design and 3D print a prototype of the ...

Biomimicry, Design, Engineering Design, Entomology, ETE, Grade 9-12, IED, Lesson Plans

Clean Sweep

Lesson Overview Students will describe and illustrate
the feeding relationships of aquatic food webs. They will communicate
environmental issues ...

Aquatic Food Webs, Buoyancy, EDD, Engineering Design, Environmental Science, Grade 11-12, Lesson Plans, Main Lessons, Marine Pollution, Plastic Pullution, Sea Perch

Drone Pollination

Lesson Overview: Students will be working in groups to create a 3-d printed drone pollination applicator that can be used ...

Design, Engineering Design, Grade 9-12, Lesson Plans, Physics I, POE

Go With the Flow

Lesson Overview: Lesson focuses on students creating a working model of an ecological concept, the River Continuum Concept and demonstrating ...

Digital Electronics, EDD, Environmental Science, Grade 10-12, Lesson Plans, Main Lessons, Scientific Inquiry

Riparian Zone Replacement Design

Lesson Overview: The students will explore the causes and effects of erosion and how a healthy riparian zone can work ...

Biology I, Biology II, Engineering Design, Entomology, Environmental Science, Grade 9-12, Lesson Plans, Scientific Inquiry

This project is supported by the National Science Foundation, award # DRL – 2148781 (Purdue University) / 2148782 (University of Hawaii). Any opinions and findings expressed in this material are the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF.