An Engineered and Mobile Ecology
Last week the kids in my Biomechanics summer camp created a very innovative mobile, sustainable animal cage from scratch! Learn how they did it here.
How Kids Can Monitor and Protect Their Environment
At a Mezzacello Urban Farm Summer Camp for Middle School Students, a team of kids tested, monitored, diagnosed a parasite, and treated a 7000kl pond and the vet approves!
Biomimicry and BioEngineering
The door to the biodome has been plaguing me. But my 10-year-old bioengineering intern came up with an ingenious design based on a dick’s wing.
Lesson: Molecular Machines in Nature
In this lesson we will be discussing how nature knows how to use the six simple machines to make atoms and molecules work.
BioEngineering Lesson Plans
BioEngineering Camp 2023 five day lesson plans with lesson, activity, challenge and presentation data. For teacher use at Mezzacello
Project BioEngineering Arts and Crafts
The arts and crafts students will be exploring in the BioEngineering Arts and Crafts section of the 2023 summer camp.
Lesson: The Circle Of Life
A core lesson on the way nature uses simple ideas, deep math, and repeating patterns to create life. We explore these patterns.
Lesson: As Above So Below
Life is a dance of balance with soil or water below, the ground barrier between and the atmosphere above. Pattern, Process, structure.
Lesson: Solar Water Purifier
This is a fun way to better understand the water cycle AND learn how nature purifies water in the atmosphere. This is energy too.