Lesson Plans

W.I.N.G.S

W.I.N.G.S

Lesson Overview: Students must design blades that mitigate the harmful effects on wildlife. Lesson Scenario: You are working for a ...
Zombies

Zombies

This is an image of a prototype students develop in the project.  It is a sunroom in which the students ...
Ticket to Fly

Ticket to Fly

Lesson Overview Students will study the physics behind different types of flight and using biomimicry design a simple flying machine ...
Nature’s Origami

Nature’s Origami

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

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 ...
Bumblebot: Engineering a Pollination Solution

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 ...
Clean Sweep

Clean Sweep

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

Drone Pollination

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

Go With the Flow

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

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.

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