In this lesson, students are challenged to think about external features that animals and plants have that humans have copied. Students then apply their engineering skills to design a jacket. In addition, this activity introduces the students to scientific argumentation. Examples of student's work are provided. [PDF]

Concepts

adaptations, design

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Additional Tags

1-ls1-1, argumentation, external parts, meeting needs, observation, biomimetics

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional