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Created on March 12, 2026

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Lesson 8

Testing Chart

Lesson 10

Design Challenge

Our pre-class checklist:

Are you sitting at a desk in a well lit room?

Are you in a quiet room?

Do you have your bina materials?

Are you saving food for after class?

Did you arrive a few minutes early?

Are we ready and focused?

Lesson 8

Science

Lesson goals

  • I can test how different materials can be manipulated.
  • I can compare which materials bend, twist, stretch, or squash easily.

Materials needed...

A rubber band

Paper

A plastic bag

Optional: playdough

An object made of fabric

Foil or paperclip

Testing Materials: Manipulation Lab
Stretch it!
Squash it!
Bend it!
Twist it!
Practising the Moves!
Stretch it!
Bend it!
Squash it!
Twist it!
Let's Compare
Most flexible material
Stiffest material
Think like an Engineer
If you were designing equipment for bungee jumper, would you choose a metal chain or a rubber cord?

Our pre-class checklist:

Are you sitting at a desk in a well lit room?

Are you in a quiet room?

Do you have your bina materials?

Are you saving food for after class?

Did you arrive a few minutes early?

Are we ready and focused?

Lesson 9

Science

Lesson goals

  • I can explain what biomimicry means (learning from nature).
  • I can observe how rainforest plants and animals stay dry, grip, and keep cool.

Biomimicry: Nature is Smart!
We can copy nature to solve problems.
Waterproofing in Nature
Can you draw the lotus leaf with the water droplets on top?
Toucans' feathers are waterproof.
Sticky Pads in Nature
Geckos' feet have special sticky pads.
Click on the picture to check out an incredible sticky tape inspired by geckos!
Keeping Cool in Nature
Can you draw the elephant's ears?
Elephants flap their ears to keep cool.
Rain Protection in Nature
What do this leaf and the umbrella have in common?
Designing from Nature

Title

Use this side to give more information about a topic.

Subtitle

Designing from Nature

Title

Use this side to give more information about a topic.

Subtitle

Designing from Nature: Your Turn!
Will you design...
...a tool for staying dry?
...a tool for keeping cool?
...a tool for carrying things?
Understanding Check
Biomimicry means...
copying nature👍
ignoring nature 👎

Our pre-class checklist:

Are you sitting at a desk in a well lit room?

Are you in a quiet room?

Do you have your bina materials?

Are you saving food for after class?

Did you arrive a few minutes early?

Are we ready and focused?

Lesson 10

Science

Lesson goals

  • I can choose a problem to solve.
  • I can design a tool or wearable inspired by rainforest adaptations.
  • I can choose materials for my design based on their properties.
  • I can explain how my design solves the problem.

Design Project: Biomimicry!
Today, we will be engineers.
We will use nature to help solve problems.
Designing from Nature: Your Turn!
Will you design...
...a tool for staying dry?
...a tool for keeping cool?
...a tool for carrying things?
...a tool for staying dry
Which materials will you choose?
Fabric is a flexible material, good for clothing.
Wax-coated fabric is waterproof.
It's time to design our tools on Seesaw!
References
https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/care/how-to-remove-burrs-from-your-dogs-coat/