What are the practical best practices in teaching biomimetics?

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Discuss what is biomimicry

3.8 billion years of evolution - how nature developed and organisms evolved and adapted

Correlate physical principles used by organisms (to your domain. for example, architecture, or engineer etc.)

Examples - How biomimicry principle is applied in real design

Use Asknature.org as a resource

Janine Beynus book is a good reference