Overview
This beautifully illustrated and informative book shows readers some of the ways that we have mimicked nature to improve our lives. What child doesn't want to know how things work? Introduce a young reader in your life to how nature works and inspires innovation to help solve some of our toughest engineering challenges. This kid-friendly, beautiful introduction to biomimicry is half playful rhymes and half nonfiction, perfect for ages 5 and up. Nature does it best ... and did it first! Explore the ways we have looked to nature for brilliant new designs and innovations to solve our own conundrums. Each example in nature is paired with a fun, rhyming description, an example of how it has been used by us, and a question to the reader-""what other problems can be solved?"" Learn fascinating examples of biomimicry, like- How burrs inspired Velcro How grooved gecko feet inspired adhesive How bumpy whale flippers inspired windmill blades and surfboards And more!
Full Product Details
Author: Jennifer DiRubbio ,
Karen Ansberry
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
Imprint: Dawn Publications,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 23.50cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 28.60cm
ISBN: 9781584696575
ISBN 10: 1584696575
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 01 June 2020
Recommended Age: From 5 to 11 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
"""Rhymes, such as yard and Bernard... will help youngsters, ages 5 – 10, read independently. Endnotes including a glossary and a STEM Biomimicry Design Challenge, complement the examples of copying nature to solve a problem. "" - Oneota Reading Journal ""This colorful children's book is a wonderful contribution to science literacy, particularly the underrepresented field of bioengineering."" - Catherine Bilow, Catholic Library World"
Rhymes, such as yard and Bernard... will help youngsters, ages 5 - 10, read independently. Endnotes including a glossary and a STEM Biomimicry Design Challenge, complement the examples of copying nature to solve a problem. - Oneota Reading Journal
Author Information
Karen Ansberry is a mom, teacher, writer, and nature lover. As the co-author of the Picture-Perfect STEM and Picture-Perfect Science series for elementary teachers, she gives workshops across the country helping teachers learn to integrate STEM and reading. Karen has taught science for over 25 years. Her science classroom was full of pets, including finches, rats, chinchillas, snakes, and even hissing cockroaches! Karen lives in historic Lebanon, Ohio, with her husband, four children, and three dogs, Find her at pictureperfectscience.com.
