Nature Did It First: Engineering Through Biomimicry
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2021 Skipping Stones Honor Award — “Outstanding Nature & Ecology Book”
What child doesn’t want to know how things work? This kid-friendly, beautifully illustrated introduction to biomimicry blends playful rhymes and nonfiction to show how nature inspires engineering solutions.
Explore inventive examples such as how burrs inspired Velcro, how gecko feet inspired adhesives, and how whale flippers inspired wind-turbine and surfboard designs. Each natural example is paired with a fun rhyming snippet, a real-world human-engineering innovation, and a prompting question—“What other problems can be solved?” The backmatter includes a glossary of scientific terms and a STEM challenge activity for home or classroom use.
“Rhymes, such as yard and Bernard … will help youngsters, ages 5-10, read independently. Endnotes including a glossary and a STEM Biomimicry Design Challenge, complement the examples of copying nature to solve a problem.” — Oneota Reading Journal“Part playful poetry, part nonfiction information … this kid-friendly introduction to biomimicry highlights the remarkable ways plants and animals have helped us solve some of our toughest engineering challenges.” — TimesReads
- ISBN:
- 9781584696582
- Publication Date:
- 2020-05-01
- Publisher:
- Dawn Publications
- Page Count:
- 32
- Age Classification:
- Ages 6 to 8
- Size:
- 10.0" l x 8.0" w x 0.25" h
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