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Nature-Based Tech

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Lydia Lukudis

  • Nature-Based Tech
  • Nature-Based Tech
    Learn about some ideas that have improved travel, medicine & building. The natural world has shown us the way to many useful inventions!

48 pages
Grade Readability: 3
Interest Age: 11 to 18
2019
ISBN: 9781634023399

What can plants and animals teach us about how to make our lives better? For years, people have looked at nature to come up with new products. Learn about some ideas that have improved travel, medicine, and building. The natural world has shown us the way to many useful inventions! Super Science Facts entertains readers in grades 5 to 12 with fun science facts and colourful images on every page that support reading comprehension. The minimal text format (1,700 to 2,000 words per book) introduces content vocabulary defined in context and repeated in a glossary.

Glossary: adhesive, architecture, biomimicry, burr, drag, evolve, hexagon, honeycomb, impact, innovation, inspire, parasite, setae, skin graft, tubercle, ultraviolet, ventilation, vortices, wind turbine

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

  • Ideas from Nature
  • Sticking and Swimming
  • Medical Insights
  • Building Better Trains and Cars
  • Catching the Wind

Glossary