Nature-Inspired Solutions to Disease Problems

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 23.05.06

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. School Demographics
  4. Overview
  5. What is Biomimicry and Biodiversity and why do they matter?
  6. Biomimicry and Medicine
  7. Biomimicry and Tools/Machines
  8. Now What?
  9. Teaching Strategies
  10. Classroom Activities
  11. Activity One- Compare and Connect
  12. Activity 2- Mimic Matching
  13. Activity Three-Mimic Who?
  14. Activity 4- Nature Walk
  15. Bibliography
  16. Endnotes
  17. Teacher Resources
  18. Student Resources
  19. Appendix-Implementing District Standards

Nature Says Do This: Solving Problems by Mimicking Nature

Aliyah Hoye

Published September 2023

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Bibliography

American Museum of Natural History. 2014. “What Is Biodiversity? Why Is It Important? | AMNH.” American Museum of Natural History. 2014. https://www.amnh.org/research/center-for-biodiversity-conservation/what-is-biodiversity#:~:text=The%20term%20biodiversity%20(from%20%E2%80%9Cbiological.

Anonymous. “Beaver-Inspired Wetsuits in the Works.” n.d. MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. https://news.mit.edu/2016/beaver-inspired-wetsuits-surfers-1005.

Benyus, Janine M. 2002. Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. New York, NY: Perennial.

Engemann, Kristine, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, Lars Arge, Constantinos Tsirogiannis, Preben Bo

Mortensen, and Jens-Christian Svenning. 2019. “Residential Green Space in Childhood Is Associated with Lower Risk of Psychiatric Disorders from Adolescence into Adulthood.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (11): 5188–93. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807504116.

Hamilton, Tyler. 2008. “Whale-Inspired Wind Turbines.” MIT Technology Review. March 6, 2008. https://www.technologyreview.com/2008/03/06/221447/whale-inspired-wind-turbines/.

Liu, Wenxian, Jingling Le, and Jingcheng Dong. 2022. Review of Unprecedented Reorganization of Developmental History of Traditional Medicine: Part II 0 (January): 1–8.

World Health Organization. 2015. “Biodiversity and Health.” WHO. June 3, 2015. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/biodiversity-and-health.

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