TASK 3 | ASSIGNING BIOMIMETIC MODELS
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Follow the instructions on this portfolio slide. Use the source links. Add additional slides if needed.
Use the notice board to add notes and images that help to connect biomimetic strategies/models to the problem.
*Place evidence of your biomimetic research on your blue board and begin to form connections - you may use string or colour coding to do so.
TASK: [100 mins]
Using the Ask Nature website, Biomimicry Toolbox, books and other online sources, you should search for biological organisms, strategies and systems that might be suitable for you to mimic in order to solve your given problem.
Follow the instructions on the portfolio slide and document and summarise your findings there .
Add key findings, photos, facts to your blue board to help you 'visually see' and form connections.
Share findings as a group and constructively discuss what you have found and what might be most suitable for your problem - remember the collaborative norms
ALL MEMBERS SHOULD BE PARTICIPATING IN RESEARCH - ASSIGN ROLES & LOOK ONLINE, IN BOOKS & AT THE ARTEFACTS AT THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TABLE
THE INDIVIDUAL PROBLEM PAGES HAVE SUGGESTED RESEARCH AREAS & STARTERS...
ASK NATURE
Use the Ask Nature website as a primary source to find biological models and systems that might be suitable for your project.
Use the books available, too!
Where you research depends on what you are researching and what you need to know/investigate.
You may need to:
Visit the location where the problem is taking place to collect data and investigate further
Explore the campus for inspiration
Speak to experts and /or those affected by the problem
Analyse products in the 1S2 Science lab or Ideas Hub
Investigate materials on a biological level in the Science lab
We are fortunate enough at UWCSEA to have a rich, green campus managed by an excellent facilities team, several sustainability focused service initiatives and many other parent and student led groups.
This provides access to a wealth of knowledge and information right here in campus. It also means that the campus itself could lend itself as bio-related inspiration.
Take this board (left) for example - one of many dotted around campus, full of useful information related to the flora and fauna that can be found at UWCSEA.
USE & UPDATE YOUR BLUE BOARDS
CHECKLIST
A problem has been defined/explained
All members have shared findings that help to understand and define the problem
Constructive group conversations have been had to identify suitable biological models
A minimum of 3 biological strategies have been identified, considered and analysed
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