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Questions for Discussion: Design Inspired by Nature
- For each pair of objects in the resource, what is the challenge or problem that needs to be solved? What is the same about each pair of objects?
- Do you think the people who invented the designed objects got their ideas by observing nature? Explain your ideas.
- What is the advantage of studying the natural world before creating something for people to use?
- What is another object, in addition to those shown, whose design mimics something in nature?