Materials List: Design Inspired by Nature

Each team needs:

  • 1-2 flowers (lilies or sunflowers work best)
  • tools to reverse engineer the flower, such as toothpicks, tweezers, cutting tools
  • magnifying glass
  • 1 sheet of blank paper
  • markers or colored pencils
  • Exploring Biomimicry Worksheet
  • 1 plastic bag to store the flower components if the activity is completed over more than one day
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