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The Miracles of Mother Nature: Mimicking Her Solutions
Carolie Sly
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(10)
In this four week course, students will learn about biomimicry and apply ways that nature has inspired solutions for meeting people’s need for energy, food, materials, transportation, and health.
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This class will illuminate the ways in which Nature –which has survived for 4.5 billion years–sustains life through successful design solutions. Sometimes, inspiration comes from exploring forms and shapes found in nature; other times it emerges from copying natural processes like regulating temperature, and sometimes it appears from studying how plant and animal communities survive over time. Students will participate in interactive lectures, discussions, and simple design challenges. Each...
Students will appreciate nature’s design principles and apply them to solve human problems related to energy, food, materials, transportation, and health.
As a lifelong educator, I have taught in California public schools, been a professor at San Francisco State University, and trained teachers from all over the world. My qualifications include a California teaching credential; an Administrative and Supervision Credential; TEFL certification; a B.S. in Human Development; a MA in Instructional Research and Curriculum Design; and a Ph.D. in science education. I love to travel, kayak, watch birds, cook, write, and spend as much time as possible outdoors with family and friends.
drawing paper and pen or pencil
Ask Nature: https://asknature.org/ Biomimicry Institute: https://biomimicry.org/
Carolie Sly
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(10)
I love to facilitate students' thinking about thought-provoking ethical and social situations. After posing a topic, I encourage them to talk and listen to each other, change their minds, find humor in serious debates, and disagree with respect....
Group Class
$50
for 4 classes1x per week, 4 weeks
50 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-14
3-8 learners per class
This class is no longer offered
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