Yeomiji Botanical Gardens
Yeomiji Botanical Gardens
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Yeomiji Botanical Gardens is one of locations for primary research.
Yeomiji Botanical Gardens is one of locations for primary research.
This will be an opportunity for you and your team to explore first hand some structures and features of plants
This will be an opportunity for you and your team to explore first hand some structures and features of plants
We will use the Biomimicry Taxonomy to organize our inquiry.
We will use the Biomimicry Taxonomy to organize our inquiry.
Your group leader will explain how to use this model.
Your group leader will explain how to use this model.
Task A: Exploring the Biomimicry Taxonomy
Task A: Exploring the Biomimicry Taxonomy
Designers use research strategies to identify opportunities. We will use the Biomimicry Taxonomy to identify how nature has solved problems.
Goal: Identify and describe 2 different examples from the Taxonomy chart.
Goal: Identify and describe 2 different examples from the Taxonomy chart.
Individual (40 minutes); This work will go in your individual inquiry portfolio.
Steps
Review the Taxonomy chart with your group leader. Be sure you understand:
How the chart is organized
The relationship between the different categories
Explore the botanical gardens and identify an example of each Group from the Biomimicry Taxonomy chart. Use the information in the sub-group and function sections to guide you in searching for an example
Identify an example and draw it in pen or pencil.
Annotate your drawing and describe why it fits in the particular group on the Biomimicry Taxonomy chart
Identify the name of the plant, if possible.
Share your examples on the board
Document your drawing by taking a picture of it and inserting it in your Individual Inquiry Portfolio
Example of what your drawing should look like.
Task B: Focused research
Task B: Focused research
Using the research we did in the first step, collaborate with your group to identify examples that could inspire a solution.
Goal:Use your biologized question to identify potential plants that can inspire a solution
Goal:Use your biologized question to identify potential plants that can inspire a solution
Group (40 minutes)
Steps
Review your group’s biologized question.
Match the Group or Sub-groups from the Biomimicry Taxonomy chart with your question.
Review the examples that have been created by our class. Are there any examples that you want to explore further?
With your group, discuss, sketch, and explore how organisms in the garden have solved your biologized question.
Your group should draw 3-5 annotated sketches that record your inquiry. These sketches could follow the parts-purposes-complexities thinking routine.
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