Description: 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 hook and loop How grooved gecko feet inspired adhesiveHow bumpy whale flippers inspired windmill blades and surfboardsAnd more! Back matter includes:A glossary for words like echolocation and adhesiveA STEM Challenge activity perfect for your home or classroom
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EAN: 9781584696582
UPC: 9781584696582
ISBN: 9781584696582
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Book Title: Nature Did It First : Engineering Through Biomimicry
Number of Pages: 32 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 0.2 in
Topic: Engineering (General), Technology / How Things Work-Are Made, Technology / Inventions, Science & Nature / Biology
Illustrator: Yes, Dirubbio, Jennifer
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Juvenile Nonfiction
Item Weight: 4.9 Oz
Item Length: 10 in
Author: Karen Ansberry
Item Width: 8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
