Bio-Inspiration Model

The students created a bio-inspired model by hand illustration, computer drawing, or physical model (papier-mâché, craft items, etc.) to solve a problem. The model also included information about the animal(s) or plant(s) structures (internal and external), characteristics, and functions that inspired the model. They described how their bioinspired model will solve the identified problem. They shared their bioinspired model designs and/or interview other students about their designs.

Through this project the students were able to:

1.) construct an argument that plants and animals have structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

2.) use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.

Mathematics

Whole Number Multiplication and Division Learning Goal: Students multiply and divide multi-digit whole numbers using partial products and partial quotients strategies, and apply this understanding to solve multi-step problems using the four operations.

Fraction Operations Learning Goal: In this unit, students think about how fractions can be composed (put together) and decomposed (taken apart). They also learn about fraction operations: multiplying fractions and whole numbers, adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator, and adding tenths and hundredths.