See Nature Differently
Challenging times call for new ways of problem solving. Empower your students to reimagine a sustainable world with nature-inspired design.
The Biomimicry Youth Design Challenge is now open for registration for the 2020-2021 school year! While social distancing may be drawing students and teachers apart, the opportunity to grow closer to nature through STEM-rich biomimicry learning has never been more important.
About the Challenge
The Biomimicry Institute’s Youth Design Challenge (YDC) is a project-based learning experience that asks middle and high school teams to design bio-inspired ideas that can provide solutions to the climate crisis. It provides a framework for formal and informal educators to introduce biomimicry as an engineering design strategy, to integrate relevant purposeful STEM experiences, and to provide engaging instruction aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
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How it Works

Register
Register as a YDC "Coach" to get access to the Challenge curriculum.

Teach
Inspire your student team(s) with biomimicry and help them create a bio-inspired design.

Submit
Share your students' best work by submitting to the competition for awards.