NATURAL SCIENCES 22-04-2020

Hello everybody!

You've done a great job about Velcro invention. You've searched your houses thoroughly and you've found a lot of things with Velcro!

Many of you also got it right about BIOMIMICRY or BIOMIMETICS and sent me examples of different iventions inspired by nature. CONGRATULATIONS! I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!!!

Biomimicry comes from two Greek words:

-Bio - life

-Mimicry -imitate.

So, Biomimicry means imitation of life.

Watch these videos to learn a bit more about this science.

Science Copies Nature's Secrets - Biomimicry

DISCOVER THE NATURE!  BE AN INVENTOR!

Now open your books on page 6 and find out how technological inventions have improved food production, clothing and healthcare. (Click on the text to enlarge it)

After reading complete the sentences in your notebooks:

1. Modern inventions have changed the food we eat because____________________ . 

2. Modern inventions have changed the clothes we wear, because________________.

3. They have also affected medicine, for example,______________________________.