Every big idea starts small. Mine started in August 2017, with a pastel drawing of a feather, a handful of homemade postage stamps, and a very curious child asking “what if?” I didn’t know it at the time, but that first week of blogging became the seed for everything this site has grown into sinceContinueContinue reading “How It All Began: My First Time Blogging About Biomimicry”
Category Archives: Mind Mapping
Reindeer Challenge – Zero Waste Ideas for a Reindeer Party
Plastic is everywhere! Can you help design packing materials for a Reindeer Party to celebrate that all the Xmas gifts have been delivered around the world? Reindeer are vegetarians, so they eat only plants. During the summer months, they eat grass and shrubs. Once the snow covers the tundra, they start looking for lichen. WhyContinueContinue reading “Reindeer Challenge – Zero Waste Ideas for a Reindeer Party”
Non-Boring Trees
Are trees boring? Do all trees look the same? Ever heard of the Rainbow tree? Or seen a tree where the fruits grow on the bark? And what if you could see the roots of the tree? Thinking about and searching for information about trees is a great way to not only learn about natureContinueContinue reading “Non-Boring Trees”
Festive Reindeer Mind Map
Get into the Festive Spirit and learn about the cool reindeer! Help Father Christmas and use biomimicry to invent new gadgets to make his life easier. Begin the biomimicry journey by making a Festive Reindeer Mind Map using Christmas decorations. We made a mind map from old decorations and wrapping paper. You can use tinsel,ContinueContinue reading “Festive Reindeer Mind Map”
Festive Biomimicry Reindeer
The Festive Season is perfect for exploring some magical fun! Reindeer are amazing. Wonderful inspiration for helping Father Christmas. Exploring questions – funny, silly and serious – that excite our minds and then looking for ways to put an answer together. Sometimes the solution will work; sometimes, especially when exploring the world with young children,ContinueContinue reading “Festive Biomimicry Reindeer”
Interesting eyes! – Biomimicry for Young Children
Eyes! Geckos with zig-zagged pupils. Chameleons that can look in two directions at the same time. And frogs that can see above the surface while they are underwater! Eyes are a great topic to explore when you are talking about biomimicry. You can solve design challenges: “Use one of the words that rhyme with frog.ContinueContinue reading “Interesting eyes! – Biomimicry for Young Children”
Eternal Magic Leaf Sheep Snack Bar and Photosynthesis – Biomimicry
A couple of weeks ago, I found the cutest little leaf sheep. A sea slug that looks adorable and has the most amazing ability – an animal that can rely on sunshine for its nutrition. It sounds like a test from school, and you would definitely fail if you ticked that genes from an algaContinueContinue reading “Eternal Magic Leaf Sheep Snack Bar and Photosynthesis – Biomimicry”
Biomimicry for Young Children – Inspired by Endangered Dugongs – Donald Dugong Seacleaner
Meet Donald Dugong Seacleaner! The graceful dugongs spend time eating seagrass from the bottom of the sea. Seagrass is important to save. We wrote a story about Doctor Delia Dugong who saved the seagrass (this is an unpublished story). We also reversed our thinking and ended up with an idea where we take something awayContinueContinue reading “Biomimicry for Young Children – Inspired by Endangered Dugongs – Donald Dugong Seacleaner”
Biomimicry for Young Children – Inspired by Endangered Dugongs
Dugongs spark our curiosity and tug our heart-strings. These sea cows are beautiful and fascinating creatures. On the first day of January we saved One swimming dugong Inspired by the carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, we made up a song where we each month saved an animal – The Twelve Months of Endangered AnimalsContinueContinue reading “Biomimicry for Young Children – Inspired by Endangered Dugongs”
Why is Biomimicry Important?
It might be difficult to understand why biomimicry is important and what children can learn from this approach of looking at nature to find inspiration for new ideas. Most schools teach children about how animals and plants grow, where they can be found, and taxonomy, but nature can be used as an inspiration to solveContinueContinue reading “Why is Biomimicry Important?”