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Biomimic Building
Nature - inspired building designs, materials, and systems can provide better ways for people to thrive in their environments. Learn how designers and engineers use biomimicry to come up with safer, more sustainable, and energy efficient buildings. This title supports NGSS for Engineering Design.
- GenresNonfiction
51 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2019
About the author
Robin Koontz
142 books8 followersRobin Michal Koontz has been writing and illustrating books for children since 1986. Her publications include novelty books, early readers, picture books, nonfiction, short stories for middle-grade readers, magazine articles, and classroom supplemental materials. One of her new books, LEAPS AND CREEPS, was a finalist for the 2012 Animal Behavior Society's Outstanding Children's Book Award. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BUTTERFLY AND A MOTH? was an International Reading Association Teacher's Choice Award in 2010. She lives in western Oregon.
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June 17, 2021
3.5 stars
October 26, 2026
Wish the library hadn't discarded half this series. This was phenomenal, and I was reading it on my tiny phone screen on hoopla because don't have physical copies anymore :(
March 4, 2019
Biomimic Building by Robin Koontz, 48 pages. NON-FICTION. Rourke Educational Media, 2019. $25.
Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: G.
BUYING ADVISORY: EL – OPTIONAL; MS – ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
This title contains examples of biomimicry in buildings around the world in terms of their design, energy conservation, building materials, and energy and water use. The buildings described include the Fulton Center in New York City, the Esplanade Theaters in Singapore, the Gherkin tower in the UK, and the Eastgate Center in Zimbabwe. Inspiration came from plants and animals, such as the spookfish eyes, the durian fruit’s spiky skin, wind-blown leaves, and sea sponges. In addition to extensive sidebars and a multitude of photos and diagrams, this book also includes before and after reading activities and questions, glossary (with bold words in text), index, and further reading suggestions.
The subject is current and fascinating, which curious students will eat up. I found it a little difficult to follow the gist of the main text if I stopped to read the sidebars and captions as I went, and the design on some pages made it confusing to quickly distinguish between the main text and sidebars. That being said, I was riveted by the ingenuity demonstrated on every page with each new explanation about how a system in nature is being applied to a human building need. This book is an excellent example of critical thinking in practice, as well as a fun way to cover geography.
Reviewed by P.K. Foster, teacher-librarian
https://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/20...
Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: G.
BUYING ADVISORY: EL – OPTIONAL; MS – ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
This title contains examples of biomimicry in buildings around the world in terms of their design, energy conservation, building materials, and energy and water use. The buildings described include the Fulton Center in New York City, the Esplanade Theaters in Singapore, the Gherkin tower in the UK, and the Eastgate Center in Zimbabwe. Inspiration came from plants and animals, such as the spookfish eyes, the durian fruit’s spiky skin, wind-blown leaves, and sea sponges. In addition to extensive sidebars and a multitude of photos and diagrams, this book also includes before and after reading activities and questions, glossary (with bold words in text), index, and further reading suggestions.
The subject is current and fascinating, which curious students will eat up. I found it a little difficult to follow the gist of the main text if I stopped to read the sidebars and captions as I went, and the design on some pages made it confusing to quickly distinguish between the main text and sidebars. That being said, I was riveted by the ingenuity demonstrated on every page with each new explanation about how a system in nature is being applied to a human building need. This book is an excellent example of critical thinking in practice, as well as a fun way to cover geography.
Reviewed by P.K. Foster, teacher-librarian
https://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/20...
October 5, 2019
Very informative.
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