8
Oct
Snapshot 116
Bio-Inspired Robotics Initative for Teaching and Education (BRITE)
Presenters: Haaris Jilani and Velin Kojouharov
BRITE provides an engaging way to connect biology and engineering for middle school students. Combining principles of Bloom’s Taxonomy with hands-on “robotic” demonstrations, this program shows students how the solutions to many human engineering problems are derived from nature. Through BRITE curriculum, students are introduced to principles of bio-inspired design, guided to connect these principles to aspects of their daily lives, and apply these principles to build their own creations.