Biomimetics is a dynamic and fast-moving field of research that looks to the natural world for inspiration and answers to various design challenges – and also a recent addition to the D&T National Curriculum.

Here, Zoe Eaves shows how to familiarise your students with the notion that Mother Nature might well know a thing or two about durable materials, efficient engineering principles and much else besides…

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