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Have you ever wondered where inventors get some of their ideas? This answer may surprise you: sometimes the inspiration comes from plants! Learn how some tiny plants have made a huge difference in the world.
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Date de parution

15 mai 2019

EAN13

9780743922326

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English

Poids de l'ouvrage

2 Mo

Read and Respond
1. What inspir ed Geor ge de Mestral to make
V elcr o?
2. How did lotus leaves inspir e engineers?
3. What might happen if scientists cannot get
good photos in space?
4. How is pollination dif fer ent from artificial
pollination?
5. What would life be like if all people wer e
coated like lotus leaves?
6. Brainstor m a list of plants that could
inspir e new inventions.
 


H eathe r E. Schwartz
© 2019 Smithsonian I nstitu tion. e name “Smi thsonian ” and the S mithsonian
logo are register ed trademarks owned by the Smithsonian Instit ution.
 


© 2019 Smithsonian Institution. T he name “Smithsonian ”
and the Smithsonian logo are register ed trademarks
owned by the Smithsonian Institution.
Contributing A uthor
Jennifer Law son
Consultan ts
Gary Krupnick, Ph.D.
Department of Botany
Ecologist and Evolutionary Biologist
National Museum of Natural History
Sharon Banks
3rd Grade T eacher
Duncan Public Schools
Publishing Credits
Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.S.Ed., P ublisher
Conni Medina, M.A.Ed., Managing Editor
Diana Kenney , M.A.Ed., NBCT , Content Director
Vér onique Bos, Creative Director
Robin Erickson, Art D irector
Michelle Jovin, M.A., Associate Editor
Mindy Duits, Senior Graphic Designer
Smithsonian Science Education Center
Image Credits: p.11 CAIA IM AGE/Science Source; p .16 (bottom) Susumu
Nishinaga/Science Source; pp. 16–17 Jackie Huang, Maurice Hampton, Bailey
Beatt and Samantha Scheib with Professors Andr ew Scarpelli and Heather
Dewey-Hagborg; p .18 zaferkizilkaya/Shutterstock.com; p.20 NASA/JPL -Caltech;
p.23 (both) Eijiro Miyako; p .25 Pascal Goetgheluck/Science Sour ce; p.26 K yodo/
Newscom; all other image Shutterstock and/or iStock.
Library of Congress Ca taloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Schwartz, Heather E., author .
Title: Mimicking nature / Heather E. Schwartz.
Description: Huntington Beach, CA : T eacher Cr eated Materials, [2019] |
Audience: K to grade 3. | Includes index. |
Identiers: L CCN 2018030486 (print) | L CCN 2018031770 (ebook) | ISBN
9781493869152 | ISBN 9781493866755
Subjects: LCSH: Inv entions--Juvenile literatur e. | T echnolog ical
innovations--Juv enile literature. | Nature--Juv enile literature.
Classication: L CC T48 (ebook) | L CC T48 .S416 2019 (print) | DDC 609--dc23
L C record available at https://lc cn.loc.gov/2018030486
All companies, websites , and products mentioned in this book are register ed
trademarks of their respective owners or developers and are used in this book
strictly for editorial purposes. No commercial claim t o their use is made by the
author or the publisher .
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ISBN 978-0-7439-2232-6
©2019 T eacher Creat ed Materials, Inc.
 

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T able of Contents
P la yi ng with P lan ts ............................... 4
Gr owin g Gr eener y ............................... 6
F ami l i ar S igh t s.....................................1 0
Bey ond E v er yda y Lif e ......................... 1 6
Hel pin g Each Other ........................... 22
P ar tnerin g with P lan t s ........................ 2 6
STE AM Cha ll enge ............................. 28
Gl oss ar y ............................................. 30
Inde x .................................................. 3 1
Career Advi ce .................................... 3 2

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