Lesson Plans

Robot Robot Goose

Robot Robot Goose

Lesson Overview: Students design and create a robotic decoy that mimics a light goose’s behavior well enough to encourage a ...
Planting Roots

Planting Roots

Lesson Overview: Students will design and print a model root structure based off of native plants in your area to help ...
Raptor Round Up

Raptor Round Up

Lesson Overview:  Students develop a gardening hand tool that is inspired by prehistoric or contemporary organism adaptations. Lesson Scenario:  Rusler ...
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 ...

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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