Biomimicry Institute
Examples of Biomimicry
Materials in Nature
A recent Wired article is an excellent collection of stories for teaching how nature uses chemical processes to make materials. With colorful photos and links to abstracts, science stories, and researchers, “Strange Biology Inspires the Best New Materials”...Geomimicry vs Biomimicry
Sometimes, people suggest that biomimicry should include all of nature, including abiotic or non-living things. While we recognize that “nature” does include water, stars, air, and rocks, focusing on life is where the important lessons lie for surviving...High School Chemistry Labs by Beyond Benign
Beyond Benign offers three high school chemistry labs that may be of interest to biomimicry educators. Beyond Benign is a non-profit dedicated to providing future and current scientists, educators, and citizens with the tools to teach and learn about green chemistry....Student Inventor Proposes Tree-Inspired Solar Array
The Secret of Trees | Albert Maysles from Focus Forward Films on Vimeo. Here’s an inspiring example of where biomimicry thinking can take young minds. Thirteen-year-old inventor, Aidan Dwyer, realized that trees follow a mathematical formula to gather sunlight...Habitat Restoration as Biomimicry
A group of high school students recently marched out onto beaches at Cape Cod, Massachusetts and applied biomimicry to shoreline restoration efforts at Ballston Beach. Sections of this beach had been damaged by a blizzard. A recent slideshow on CapeCodOnline showed...Share
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