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April 2012
BIOMIMICRY:LEARNING FROM NATURE
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WHAT IS NATURE?
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Photo Credit: Calypso Orchid, CCABYANCAND
HUMAN DESIGN
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Mining–39 billion tons/yrHeat treating – over 1,400 °C releases 6% of GHG PackagingShipping
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Built to shape Created on site Uses CO2 as a building blockWaste-free450 million year old process
NATURE’S DESIGN
Stony coral
Photo Credit: NOAA, public domain
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Instead of mining ancient sea beds, couldn’t we learn to make this material the way corals do?
Fossilized coral
“The conscious emulation of life’s genius is a survival strategy for The human race, a path to a sustainable future. The more our World functions like the natural world, the more likely we are toEndure on this home that is ours, but not ours alone.” –J.B.
Photo © Biomimicry 3.8, used with permission
BIOMIMICRY
WELL8ADAPTED DESIGN
Photo Credit: NASA, public domain
“Nature, imaginative by necessity, has already solved many of the problems we are Grappling with. Animals, plants, and microbes are the consummate engineers. TheyHave found what works, what is appropriate, and most important, what lasts here On Earth.” – J.B.
December 31st
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All of human history would take place in the last half hour of the last day.
The industrial revolution would take place in the last 2 seconds.
Jan Feb March April May June July AuG Sept Oct Nov Dec
Earth formed
Feb 25th: life appears Feb 28th: photosynthesis evolves Aug 16th: multicellular life
22nd: plants 24th: insects
December: 2nd : amphibians 6th : reptiles 13th: mammals 18th: birds
20th: flowers
11:00 am: hominids walk 11:36 pm: homo sapiens 11:59 pm: agriculture 11:59:58 : industrial revolution
Image of human figures: NASA public domain
A BIT OF PERSPECTIVE
If the history of the earth were compressed into a calendar year…November: 15th: fungi 20th: fish
MAL-ADAPTED DESIGN
Photo Credit: TJ BlacKwell, CCABY
Heat, beat, and treat • High temperatures • High pressures • Toxic chemical processes
“Human ingenuity may make various inventions…but it will never devise any inventions more beautiful, nor more simple, nor more to the purpose than Nature does; because in her inventions nothing is wanting and nothing is superfluous.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
A RECURRING THEME
Photo Credit: Leonardo da Vinci, public domain
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
Ethos Photo Credit: MarK S. Elliot, CCABYANC
Photo Credit: Denali National ParK, CCABYPhoto Credit: Kevin Conor Keller, CCABYANCAND
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
(Re)Connect
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
Emulate © Mary Hansel, used with permission
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
A MATTER OF SCALE
Form - shape, surface, texture Process - a series of opera:ons
Ecosystem – a network operating together in an ongoing cycle
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CASE STUDY 8 FORM
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CASE STUDY 8 PROCESS
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CASE STUDY 8 SYSTEM
Kalundborg
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ZERI Systems Living Machines
BIOMIMICRY IN EDUCATION
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• Project-based and experiential learning • TeamworK • NGSS Crosscutting concepts
Research has demonstrated: “four days of immersion in nature, and the corresponding disconnection from multi-media and technology, increases performance on a creative Problem-solving task by a full 50%.” Atchley RA, Strayer DL, Atchley P 2012 Creativity in the Wild: Improving Creative Reasoning through Immersion in Natural Settings. PLoS ONE
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BIOMIMICRY IN EDUCATION
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BIOMIMICRY IN EDUCATION
• USDA Hardiness Zones
3A7
• Important U.S. timber species
• Needles 5A10 long, in clusters of 3
Photo Credit: J Stephen Conn, CCABYANC
SEEING DIFFERENTLY
LEARNING ABOUT:
• Scientific name: Pinus ponderosa
• Found in low A mid elevations throughout the U.S.
Ponderosa Pine
the U.S.
• USDA Hardiness Zones 3A7
• Important U.S. timber species
• Needles 5A10 long, in clusters of 3
LEARNING ABOUT:
• Scientific name: Pinus ponderosa
• Found in low A mid elevations throughout
LEARNING FROM:
• Leaves create solar energy without toxins
• Xylem transports water hundreds of feet without
fuel. • Canopy reAhumidifies air
• Uses CO2 as a building material
• Expertly lightAweighted materials
Photo Credit: J Stephen Conn, CCABYANC
SEEING DIFFERENTLY
Ponderosa Pine
THANK YOU For sharing biomimicry with your students. Visit ben.biomimicry.net to access additional teaching resources.
Photo Credit: Kati Fleming, CCABYASA