Introducing Biomimicry, Inspiration and Innovation
This is an online event
28 Lennox St, Toronto, ON M6G 2L5, Canada
Ontario
43.6638462
-79.41119329999998
Description
Are you looking for a way to inspire the next generation of world-builders - engineers, research scientists, chemists, architects, city planners? Biomimicry is a new discipline that offers teachers a compelling way to engage students of all ages and cross the boundaries traditionally found in education. It supports the goals of NGSS, CCLS and STEAM and offers solution-based thinking while inspiring young people with a sense of the possible. As a link between design (arts) and science, it offers a model of relevancy because it will be part of many of the jobs of the future when today's students are in the workforce. From elementary to high school, Biomimicry also provides a plethora of literature for linking ELA to science and the Reading Standards for Literature.
This webinar will explore:
What is Biomimicry
Why Biomimicry
How we view nature and how we view nature through a biomimicry lens
Principles of Biomimicry
Levels of Biomimicry
3 – Bio-Inspired Case Studies
Resources
Biomimicry Today
Dorna Schroeter has been the coordinator of the P/NW BOCES Center for Environmental Education since 1982. This program serves some 30,000 students each year from schools in southeast New York State. In the last decade, her focus has been to integrate Education for Sustainability into the K-12 curriculum. She is a member of the Biomimicry Institute’s Leadership Team and is an advisor to their Biomimicry Educator’s Network (BEN) and organized the first-ever biomimicry camp for kids. Dorna's article, Introducing Biomimicry, Inspiration and Innovation for Today's Students and Tomorrow's Workforce, was published in the spring 2010 issue of Green Teacher Magazine. She also runs a series of introduction to biomimicry workshops.
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Start:
2016-10-25T19:30:00-04:00
End:
2016-10-25T20:30:00-04:00
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Other
Tickets
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CAD
300
Registration with Continuing Education Certificate
5.25
CAD
100