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Animal Adaptations and Engineering Design Unit Overview

Animal Adaptations and Engineering Design Unit Overview
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Beyond Benign
Beyond Benign, Inc.
Annette Sebuyira
Retired K-12 Educator | Beyond Benign, Inc.
3rd Grade Green Chemistry: Animal Adaptations &Engineering Design logo
Summary
In this unit, students will explore examples of biomimicry technologies and examine traits that have enabled animals to adapt to their environment. Students will then consider how animal adaptations can help them design a shelter that would withstand severe weather conditions.
Keyword Tags
Biomimicry
Animal Adaptations
Traits
Engineering Design
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Learning Goals/Student Objectives
In this unit, students will explore examples of biomimicry technologies and examine traits that have enabled animals to adapt to their environment. Students will then consider how animal adaptations can help them design a shelter that would withstand severe weather conditions.
Object Type
Laboratory experiment
Lecture or course slides/notes (e.g., PPT, Prezi, PDF)
Activities/Technology (e.g., in-class activities, online games, hands-on activities/manipulatives, outreach, virtual tools, etc.)
Lesson summaries
Case studies
Audience
Elementary School
Common pedagogies covered
Blended learning
Collaborative/cooperative learning
Context-based learning
Hands-on learning
Problem-based learning
Student-centered learning
Green Chemistry Principles
Waste Prevention
Designing Safer Chemicals
Design for Degradation
U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Gender Equality
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Responsible Consumption and Production
Safety Precautions, Hazards, and Risk Assessment
Clean and wash the Work Area and Hands Before and after each activity
Teacher Recommendations or Piloting Data (if available)
This is a Multi Lesson Unit. Be sure to read the entire unit before implementing into your curriculum.
NGSS Standards, if applicable
NGSS
4-LS1-1 Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
3-5-ETS1-2 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.


3-LS3-2 Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
3-LS4-2 Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
3-5-ETS1-1 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

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Time required (if applicable)
45-60 minutes
Related Learning Objects
Animal Adaptations and Engineering Design: 01 Form and Function
Animal Adaptations and Engineering Design: 02 ABC’s of Biomimicry
Animal Adaptations and Engineering Design: 03 Animal Homes
Animal Adaptations and Engineering Design: Lesson 04: Building with Biomimicry
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