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Wholebeing for Educators · Student sheet

What would a forest do?

The skill of bioinspiration  ·  name: ______________  ·  date: ________

Living systems have developed many ways to adapt, cooperate and recover. Paying closer attention to these patterns can widen our thinking when the usual human answer is not enough. Nature will not hand us instructions. It can offer questions and principles worth testing.

What we are practising

By the end of this lesson, you can describe a pattern from the natural world and suggest how it might inform a human response to change, pressure or cooperation.

During the activity

Nature's advice panel: notes, noticings, or nothing at all. This sheet is yours.

Take it with you

In what kinds of ordinary situations might a person try out one principle from nature, such as finding another route or sharing effort across a network?

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Exit ticket · What would a forest do?

How does the lesson define bioinspiration?

a) Copying an animal's exact behaviour in detail
b) Consciously looking to Nature as a source of guidance, insight, and innovation
c) Studying nature purely to collect scientific data
d) Avoiding technology in favour of the outdoors

I can describe a pattern from the natural world and suggest how it might inform a human response to change, pressure or cooperation.
□ more than before   □ about the same

In what kinds of ordinary situations might a person try out one principle from nature, such as finding another route or sharing effort across a network?

Exit ticket · What would a forest do?

How does the lesson define bioinspiration?

a) Copying an animal's exact behaviour in detail
b) Consciously looking to Nature as a source of guidance, insight, and innovation
c) Studying nature purely to collect scientific data
d) Avoiding technology in favour of the outdoors

I can describe a pattern from the natural world and suggest how it might inform a human response to change, pressure or cooperation.
□ more than before   □ about the same

In what kinds of ordinary situations might a person try out one principle from nature, such as finding another route or sharing effort across a network?

Exit ticket · What would a forest do?

How does the lesson define bioinspiration?

a) Copying an animal's exact behaviour in detail
b) Consciously looking to Nature as a source of guidance, insight, and innovation
c) Studying nature purely to collect scientific data
d) Avoiding technology in favour of the outdoors

I can describe a pattern from the natural world and suggest how it might inform a human response to change, pressure or cooperation.
□ more than before   □ about the same

In what kinds of ordinary situations might a person try out one principle from nature, such as finding another route or sharing effort across a network?

Exit ticket · What would a forest do?

How does the lesson define bioinspiration?

a) Copying an animal's exact behaviour in detail
b) Consciously looking to Nature as a source of guidance, insight, and innovation
c) Studying nature purely to collect scientific data
d) Avoiding technology in favour of the outdoors

I can describe a pattern from the natural world and suggest how it might inform a human response to change, pressure or cooperation.
□ more than before   □ about the same

In what kinds of ordinary situations might a person try out one principle from nature, such as finding another route or sharing effort across a network?