Let nature guide your engineering designs. By taking apart a flower, pupils learn about reverse engineering. They use the results to brainstorm designs for new products or ideas. This is the seventh installment of a nine-part Life Science unit.

Concepts

flowers, engineering design, technology resources

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite a biologist or florist to take part in the lesson
  

Classroom Considerations

• Resource suggests using lilies or sunflowers
• Scholars must have an understanding of biomimicry

Pros

• Lists very detailed instructions for the activity
• Includes a list of investigating questions to use in discussion
  

Cons

• None