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5th Grade Biomimicry Challenge!

5th Graders have been given a challenge to use biomimicry to help solve a problem around us.  This page will be a great resource for you and your team as you work through the engineering cycle.

Flint, Michigan Water Crisis

Use this page to help learn about the water problems in Flint, Michigan.

 

Litter in the community

Use this page to help learn about the how litter in the community is a problem.

 

Trash in the Ocean

Use this page to help learn about the how trash is piling up in the ocean.

 

Helping Others with Mobility Impairments

Use this page to help learn about the others who have a mobility impairment and how we can help them out.

 

Plant Adaptations

Here is a collection of resources to help learn about different plant adaptations. 

 

Learn about adaptations that might help

Animal Adaptations

This page will help learn about different types of animal adaptations that could help us solve the problem

 

Insect Adaptations

Insects are amazing little creatures! They have a huge variety of unique and cool adaptations that we can learn from!

 

Human Adaptations

Our bodies have incredible adaptations for survival, including our internal organs and how they work.  The more we know about how our body works, the more ideas we will have to help solve our problem!

Further research for the adaptations you chose

Ealge eyesight

Here are some links for why eagles have such good eyesight

Ealge talons

Here are articles for how birds use their talons

Baleen Whales Filtering Water

Here are articles for how birds use their talons

Other animals that filter feed

Here are articles for other similar animals that use filtering

<---*Hint - watch this video!

Cactus

Here are articles for more information about a cactus

Bunnies

Here is some information about bunny adaptations

Bird Flight

Here is information about how birds fly

Spiders

Here is some information about spider adaptations

Bird Beaks

Here is some information about bird beaks

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