Big Ideas from Nature

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What is biomimicry?

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Biomimicry means copying designs from nature.

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How do inventors learn from nature?

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Inventors observe how nature solves problems and use those ideas to create new inventions.

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What is the main idea of the article 'Nature Did It First'?

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Nature has been making and testing designs for a long time!

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Who was George de Mestral?

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George de Mestral was an imaginative inventor who created Velcro after observing burrs sticking to his dog's fur.

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What is the relationship between a fish's skeleton and a car's frame?

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The sentences are comparing a fish skeleton to a car’s framework.

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What can robots do that humans cannot?

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Robots can explore places that are not safe for people.

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What does it mean to summarize an article?

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To summarize an article means to provide a brief statement of its main points.

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What is an example of a problem designers start with?

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Designers often start with a problem like how to make a car more fuel-efficient.

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What is the purpose of studying insects for inventors?

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Scientists learned how to build machines by watching insects.

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What does it mean to be imaginative?

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Being imaginative means having the ability to think creatively and come up with new ideas.