october 14 -20. idiom, novel quiz, 3 a and 3b test, 4a text

IECPFall 2013

Nikki Mattson

Pg. 60 – “Before You Read” and Part A

Questions1)Why does the speaker mention the spider and beetle examples?2)How is nature “like a catalog of products”?3)Why does the speaker mention the greenhouse building project?

Biomimetic Video

What is Biomimetics?

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/michael_pawlyn_using_nature_s_genius_in_architecture.html

pg. 61, line 15 – The thorny devil can also do this when standing on damp sand – a _______competitive

advantage in the desert.

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Pg. 61, line 17 – Parker had come to solve the_______of precisely how it does this…


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Pg. 61, line 19 - …to make a_______to help people collect water in the desert.

Pg. 61, line 38 – Parker sent his observations and experimental results to…two __________.


Pg. 61, line 45 – This combination of biological ______ and engineering pragmatism is vital to success in biomimetics.


Pg. 62, line 95 - …Fearing is confident that over time he will close the ________ between nature and human

engineering.


pg. 62, line 105 – Cutkosky studied the extremely small structures on the gecko’s feet that allow it to run up and

down ______walls…


Pg. 63, line 135 – For the present, engineers cannot hope to _______ it.


Pg. 63, line 136 – _________, the gap with nature is gradually closing.


Pg. 63, line 136 - …the gap with nature is _______ closing.


october 14 -20. idiom, novel quiz, 3 a and 3b test, 4a text

Education

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insight riddle

walls colleagues vital

engineering pragmatism

human engineering

small structures

experimental results

geckos feet