In preparation for the 2017 Challenge year we have been making some substantial changes to the Toolbox. The METHODS section now features a new Design Spiral and a page for each step.
The scoping section of the Integrating Biology and Design page was eliminated as it is redundant with the Scoping page. The Scoping page was updated accordingly to include minor content from the eliminated text. Additionally, the “Biomimicry and Other Design...
The one page Introduction has been restructured and modified slightly. The “What is design?” section of the Introduction has been simplified and moved to it’s own subpage The “Why we need biomimicry” and “What is biomimicry”...
A new section on scoping was added to the toolbox, along with two related worksheets. The new content introduces how to form a design question and translate (“biologize”) it into terms that can be used to look for biological models. Check it out here:...