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Quest 9 – The nature of transport

LESSON CREATED BY Earth School Partners USING TED-Ed's LESSON CREATOR

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Let’s Begin…

Like many parts of our society, transportation is human-made and nature-inspired. Examining seeds and birds taught us about flight. Fish and whales taught us how to fly faster. Ants are inspiring driverless cars. If we keep watching nature, can we make transport safer and greener? Start today’s Quest with a look at how the bullet train is based on a bird. After the video, continue onto other sections to learn more, interact, act and share.

Create and share a new lesson based on this one.

Additional Resources for you to Explore
Before you dive into the rest of this Quest, check out these videos to learn more about the important role of animals and plants in the creation of human-made transportation, and what environmental improvements their study might bring for our future:

Watch 1: Owls and Gliders
Watch 2: Shark Skin on an Airplane
Watch 3: The Yellow Box Fish, the hero of car design
Watch 4: Dragonflies to Saturn's Moon Titan (NASA)

LEARN + INTERACT

Host a paper plane contest. Ask your friends and family to join you and choose a different paper plane to build. Use your knowledge about inspiration from animals as you choose form, size, surface, and weight proportions of your paper plane. You can also check out this prototype for ideas: Airbus Maveric - a prototype with better environmental Performance. Once your planes are built, it’s time for takeoff! Fly your plane and measure the distance they travelled. Discuss why one went further than the other. (for all ages)

Create your own Nature Journal. Become more aware of the nature that surrounds you. Sharpen your senses and take notes. What do you hear, smell, see, and feel? How can what you observed make your everyday life easier and greener? Biomimicry professional Erin Rovalo has created a wonderful guideline. Here is Chapter One of her book iSites Nature Journaling for Biomimicry. (for ages 16+)

Take a study break and sing along with the best nature of transportation song: the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine! (for all ages)

ACT + SHARE

Create a transportation chart and figure out which animals have inspired the modes of travel that get you around. (for ages 9+)

Invent a vehicle inspired by at least 3 different animals and/or plants. To get started, think about these questions:
What is your vehicle used for: people or cargo (stuff)? 
Is your vehicle fast, slow, comfortable, or functional?
Where does your vehicle travel: on the ground, in the air, or underwater? Is it a hybrid? 
Is it mechanical or does it have a motor? 
Check out Quest 6 on the nature of design to get some more inspiration. (for all ages)
Once you have a plan for your vehicle, build it with materials around your house like Legos, glue, tape, and clean trash. Give it a name, take a photo of your vehicle, and share it online with #EarthSchool. (for ages 5-13)

WANT MORE?

Watch: Future transportation will be unthinkable without artificial intelligence (AI). Discover how studying swarm intelligence helps create electric self-driving cars or flight robo-bees (NatGeo) that will be able to venture into hazardous areas in search and rescue situations. (for all ages)

Learn how the Marvel Comic Universe superheroes use biomimicry to save the world. Robert Downey Jr. speaks about biomimicry with Janine Benyus in this episode of the Age of AI YouTube series. (for ages 13+)

Read: Ants can also help cars to drive alone. (for ages 12+) 

Play National Geographic’s Interactive Challenge: Robots! (for ages 9-16)

Join the conversation: How do you think artificial intelligence can help the environment? Read the article Artificial Intelligence—A Game Changer for Climate Change and the Environment by State of the Planet, Earth Institute and Columbia University, and share your opinion in the comment section. (for ages 18+)

Resources for Parents and Educators: Robots! Challenge, an educator's guide (NatGeo) (for ages 8-15)

This Earth School Quest was created by the following incredible educators and environmental experts: Juli Voss and Alison Lowndes
We look forward to seeing your Quest in action! 

Document your Quests— take photos of the experiments, activities, drawings, and writing prompts you tried— share your journey with the Earth School team and students by using #EarthSchool. We'll feature some of your photos and stories on our social channels, hopefully encouraging others to join the cause!

Explore additional creative activities (for all ages!) from the Nature of Society and save images of your work from each Quest in Littlescribe – later you can create an original card, book, magazine or calendar to bring your adventures to life!
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Would it be possible to create self-disinfecting cars, trains, boats and airplanes, while nature? At which animal or plant or other natural phenomena should we take a closer look?

05/01/2020
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Antawn Omerez:3 • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look closer at Ants because ya who would'nt?

05/04/2020
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Sophie Camilla • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should take a closer look at camels and cacti (the plural of cactus). They both store water in their body structures which I think could be useful for cars. We can have cars store fuel longer and have the fuel to be more environmentally friendly. If the gas tank can store the fuel longer, then the less fuel will be used and less air pollution. :)

05/04/2020
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Arrow Horn • LESSON IN PROGRESS

we should use lotus leaves

05/04/2020
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Alyssa C • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look at bird feathers, because water runs smoothly off them.

05/04/2020
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Priyanshu Raghuvansh • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Definitely we can do that with the existing technology.

05/04/2020
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Rozafi Sheikh • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I mean... Lotus leaves clean themselves with water, surely you could do the same thing with all the other stuff???

05/04/2020
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gaby pinto • LESSON IN PROGRESS

the idea of ants colony and bees's organization is absolutely inspiring for all of us interested in having smarter cities. Great natural phenomena to mimic for a more sustainable and inclusive future.

05/04/2020
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Zoey Laipple • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think it could be possible. Since the woman talked about the lotus leaves that like to clean themselves so I think we could mimic that.

05/04/2020
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Veronica Moots • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I’m not sure if it’s possible. We should look closer at some fungi

05/04/2020
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Sarah Poedtke • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I do think that it would be possible to create self-disinfecting cars, trains, boats, and airplanes inspired by nature. We should take a closer look at sharks and fish and the ways that their scales/gills clean themselves and retain less bacteria.

05/04/2020
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Olivia Biggs • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look at certain bugs, especially the ones that burrow in the ground. We can use biomimicry to build underground water systems, improve plumbing, and underground housing.

05/04/2020
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Pranjal Chetani • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Yes, I think that it would be possible to create self-disinfecting cars, trains, etc. I think that we could take a closer look at lotus leaves. We should also take a closer look at the Thorny Devil that lives in the Australian outback, as it can absorb water and use it whenever needed. This way we can make the cars hold the disinfecting material, and right after a drive the car can automatically spray the disinfecting materials onto its surface.

05/04/2020
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Jian Wang • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look at trees and see how they filter out pollutants from the water and the air and maybe try to make that more efficient and utilize it in cities with a high population density

05/04/2020
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Shannon Leung • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should take a closer look at how some animals can blend in with nature.Maybe we can do that too...

05/04/2020
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sarmy vaddi • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look more at a lotus leaf like the video said because when rain falls on the leaf, it picks up the dirt from it and therefore cleans the leaf.

05/04/2020
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HJ YOO • LESSON IN PROGRESS

WE CAN JUST LOOK AT EVERY ANIMALS(NOT EVERY,I MEAN ALOT)AND FIND A BEST ONES.

05/04/2020
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Jiaxi Jiang • LESSON IN PROGRESS

we should take a closer look at those ecosystem in which various animals and plants keep a great balance.

05/04/2020
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Thomas Liu • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look at the way cats and ants clean themselves, and plants that repel water such as lotus leaves. This can help naturally disinfect the things we use everyday.

05/05/2020
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Juli Voss • LESSON IN PROGRESS

This is a great idea! Like the self-cleaning public toilets that actually spray stuff into thé cubical after use, or with à spongy material ?

05/05/2020 • 
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Juli Voss • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Like in my grandmas time, when supermarket shelves were still made put of wood!

05/05/2020 • 
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Ethan RYU • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should focus on animals or plants that have a strong and powerful structure to make machines.

05/05/2020
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Anneliese Strong • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We could look at things in the natural world for ideas, like the lotus leaves, or whe water-repelling oils in some bird feathers. This could be useful for things like medical tools that are used many times, and could be just washed off quickly.

05/05/2020
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Bernardo Espinoza • LESSON IN PROGRESS

with how technology is going at this rate it will be possible

05/05/2020
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Audrey Su • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Yes. There are a variety of plants (such as the lilly mentioned in the video) that are self-cleaning, and we can look to their physical design and possibly mimic that for our modes of transportation to also be self-cleaning

05/05/2020
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Aditya Tiwari • LESSON IN PROGRESS

One of the best examples of biomimics is an A380 which is inspired by an eagle's wings which sour up in the sky

05/06/2020
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Lucas Kilian • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look at bacteria that can build surfaces that cannot be inhabited by other organisms.

05/06/2020
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Michelle Muchilwa • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think it is possible. We should look at lotus leaves, They have a very interesting design that allows them to be cleaned by rain. If we could create paint that mimics the design of lotus leaves we could have self-cleaning cars, planes e.t.c

05/06/2020
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Michelle Gregory • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should take a look at the Lotus Leaf because with the Lotus Leaf structure we can make self cleaning car, which would save lots of water. We could also make antibacterial hospital surfaces, making it less likely for people to get sick.

05/07/2020
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Caelyn O’neill • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We look at worms everyday but what if we look closer they might have something that we didn’t know.

05/07/2020
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BECKETT PACKHAM • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look closer at the lotus leaf because it uses rain water that falls on it to clean itself.

05/08/2020
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Maeve Leahy • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should take a look at the gills of fish to see if we could construct better snorkeling masks or a new tool to breathe underwater.

05/09/2020
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Yesica Hernandez • LESSON IN PROGRESS

En los arboles por supuesto! tienen una manera de comunicarse y de interactuar con otros organismos.

05/11/2020
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Haider Abbas • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think that of lotus plant is a great idea.

05/12/2020
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Raysa Alejandra Marinho Puga • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should take a closer look to beetroot and sugar cane because they have a big availability to produce alcohol dehydrated and then we can use as fuel to cars and airplanes. Using bioethanol produce an energetic high level and reduce pollution gasses emissions.

05/12/2020
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Trey S • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think it could most definitely be possible. Just like Janine Beyus said Lotus Leave can self clean them selves. So if they could some how mimic that it would for sure be possible.

05/13/2020
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iman c • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Yes definitely humans are capable of doing wondrous things.

05/13/2020
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Rebecca Sutherland • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look at cacti your find a way for cars to use less fuel. As cacti need very little water, perhaps there is a way for cars to need very little fuel. For cleaning purposes, we could look to penguins and other animals with a very smooth surface. If the surface of a car was smooth, dirt would have a harder time clinging to it.

05/13/2020
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kristie CAMPBELL • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should take a closer look at reptiles especially snakes and the way they can move a long the ground. We should also have a closer look at underwater animals so we can make buildings that can be more waterproof but absorbs water and puts it to use rather then water falling onto the ground it can be cleaned and used for people to wash there hands or to be in a little water fountain that people can drink from.

05/14/2020
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Alice Petersson • LESSON IN PROGRESS

technology its great it is life tool I mean there are countless amount stuff we use every day that uses technology so take a moment and just say thank you to all the engineers in the world.

05/14/2020
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Gary Stocker • LESSON IN PROGRESS

The lotus leaf. That is self cleaning.

05/14/2020
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Devika V • LESSON IN PROGRESS

It would be fascinating to observe how certain birds peck with their beaks to create the perfect holes on tree trunks, or how ants so intricately build their homes on large leaves.

05/14/2020
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Farisa Rahman • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should take a look at cacti becausee their design stores water for a long time.

05/14/2020
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Ngoc Hoang • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look at ants as how they are able to carry things that weight several times of their body mass. Other natural phenomena that we can learn from could be the way roots detect nutritions in soil and grow in different structure, how bears' body metabolize to hibernate for several months, how plants produce certain substance to protect them from bacteria.

05/16/2020
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Lilian Camila Huarcaya Lujan • LESSON IN PROGRESS

For self-disinfecting cars, I think that if we take a closer look into leaves' surfaces, we are trying to foster cleaning and disinfecting cars or any other transport from dirty.

05/18/2020
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Ishi Bhaskar • LESSON IN PROGRESS

we should take a look at the sky

05/20/2020
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niamh karim • LESSON IN PROGRESS

i think we should look at all animals to see what features we can be inspired from them and i think that we can create self-disinfecting cars🚗, trains🚃, boats⛵, air planes✈ (though because these are really big i think they would be the hardest but SELF means not is but we would still have to make a really big machine and we would have to control it but still)
any animal can inspire us from the smallest ant🐜 to the largest elephant🐘

05/21/2020
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Jared Goodin • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look closer at Ants because ya who would'nt

05/21/2020
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denise leong • LESSON IN PROGRESS

It would be possible to create self disinfecting transport by looking at how animals clean themselves (not just mammals, but sea creatures and maybe plants too). We can take a closer look at mushrooms and how they can transform dead matter into nutrients to grow, likewise we can find a way to transform our dead matter or waste into something useful.

05/24/2020
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Breeze Rusher • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I would say ants or Symbiotic relationships between animals like rhino and ************

06/02/2020
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Yifan Zhou • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look at some animals that developed to clean themselves without help from machines. Then, we can use what they do to create self-disinfecting vehicles.

06/02/2020
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Katya Stroud • LESSON IN PROGRESS

i think we should take a closer look at different types of big cats (lions, leopard, tigers ect.) because well we might find something very usful

06/02/2020
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CECyTEH Zempoala • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Considero que mirar de cerca el comportamiento de las hormigas, ya que ellas en conjunto realizan un gran trabajo para la supervivencia.

06/03/2020
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Raysa Alejandra Marinho Puga • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Corn, they produce bioethanol and this would a good posibility to use in cars. trains and airplants

06/03/2020
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Maren Gibb • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think innovators should be using biomimicry in everything they design. The world has evolved to a point where nature has already figured all of this stuff out, we just have to observe and listen.

06/04/2020
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Nadia Solis • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Cuando los murciélagos 🦇 comen tunas!

06/05/2020
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Nadia Solis • LESSON IN PROGRESS

La polinización es algo muy importante que están dejando de lado y si la polinización nosotros no existimos

06/05/2020
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Nadia Solis • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Tendría un buen impacto ya que nosotros mismos podríamos hacer nuestras hortalizas

06/05/2020
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Agnes Craig • LESSON IN PROGRESS

just look at the way shark scales are layered on each other (and why that keeps the shark from getting infected from bad bacteria

06/08/2020
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CECyTEH Zempoala • LESSON IN PROGRESS

si seria posible pero al igual enfocarnos en que los demás problemas que se generarían uno de ellos seria la contaminacion auditiva e ambiental .

06/11/2020
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Desireé Buenfil • LESSON IN PROGRESS

if they could be created so as not to harm the planet, we should look at plants as there are certain plants like lotus flower

06/12/2020
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Desireé Buenfil • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We take nature as a source of inspiration since animals and plants are an example of surviving and adapting.

06/12/2020
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Joel George • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should learn architectural methodologies from the birds which efficiently build nests in a plethora of shapes and the termites that practically construct a breathing infrastructure by introducing tiny pores within the system.

06/12/2020
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광현 이 • LESSON IN PROGRESS

낙타와 선인장 (복수의 복수)을 자세히 살펴 봐야합니다. 둘 다 차에 유용 할 수있는 몸 구조에 물을 저장합니다. 우리는 자동차에 연료를 더 오래 저장하고 더 환경 친화적 인 연료를 가질 수 있습니다. 가스 탱크가 연료를 더 오래 저장할 수 있다면 더 적은 연료가 사용되며 대기 오염이 줄어 듭니다.

06/12/2020
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Diego Zárate • LESSON IN PROGRESS

lotus leaves -_-

06/12/2020
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María Barrera • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Claro que podrían ser creado hay mucha cantidad de animales que son un buen para desarrollar nuevos modelos de transporte

06/15/2020
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Nadia Solis • LESSON IN PROGRESS

a las hormigas me parece fascinante su manera de trabajar en equipo

06/16/2020
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Cindy Daniela Uc ku • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Si espobable pero dañariamos al medio ambiente

06/18/2020
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Loeza ek Rubí Guadalupe • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Problamente si ya que la tecnología cada día avanza más , en todos los animales

06/18/2020
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Loeza ek Rubí Guadalupe • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Problamente si porque la tecnología avanza cada día más , y respeto yo creo que en todos animales e plantas

06/18/2020
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Loeza ek Rubí Guadalupe • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Problamente y si porque la tecnología avanza cada día más y respeto a los animales yo creo que enn todos

06/18/2020
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Brithany Lizeth Tilan Tzuc • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Tal vez sea posible hay maneras de como crearlas ya que la ciencia está avanzada y se descubrirá una manera

06/18/2020
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Durán Mojón Mauricio Emanuel 2° "D" • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Deberíamos observar las bacterias que pueden construir superficies

06/19/2020
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Cindy Daniela Uc ku • LESSON IN PROGRESS

En un futuro probablemente alos animales e microbios

06/19/2020
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James Cruise • LESSON IN PROGRESS

it is likely possible to create such a thing but at the moment there are no animals that disinfect themselves however there are many animals that we could look at to help us with vehicles.

06/22/2020
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Kaylie Childers-Schaefer • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Leaf Cutter Bees because they can create a capsule for their eggs with some food in it using leaves. They chew on the edges of leaves and fold these edges over to create the capsule, but I want to know if they use their saliva as a glue or just the sap of the leaves as glue.

06/22/2020
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Gemma Rau • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should take a closer look at a falcon because, maybe you want your self defend thing would want to be faster.

06/22/2020
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Gemma Rau • LESSON IN PROGRESS

That could be a great idea. But we can not see the fungi without a microscope.

06/22/2020 • 
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Gemma Rau • LESSON IN PROGRESS

But we could look at some fungi.

06/22/2020 • 
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Saanvi Tiwary • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think that we should take a closer look at Camels or Cactus as they both store water in their body structures. And that same idea we can use on cars.... so that the world could be ECO FRIENDLY. :)

06/23/2020
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Brinda Murthy • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think we should take a closer look at camels and cacti or cactus. They both store water in their body structures which I think could be more useful for cars. We can have cars store fuel longer and have the fuel to be more environmentally friendly. If the gas tank can store the fuel longer, then the less fuel will be used and less air pollution we will have.

06/23/2020
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Brinda Murthy • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should take a closer look at cactus because they store water in their bodies and use the water through water droughts.

06/23/2020
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Gowrish G.R • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think we should take a closer look at honey bees because it stores honey,
So like that in cars we store fuel. I think in the future the cars engine
takes less fuel so that we can avoid air pollution.

06/23/2020
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Richelle Dsouza • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think oters

06/24/2020
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Efrain Jimenez Delgado • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Look at different species to find the best ones and apply them in our everyday life

06/24/2020
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Alice Park • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Nicole, Sophia,Mike said nature mimicking is better life for human

06/25/2020
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Zuzanna Garrett • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think we should look at hedgehogs because they can curl up in a ball to protect themselves

06/27/2020
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Sydney Robinson • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look at lotus leaves because they have a texture that cleans itself.

07/01/2020
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Brooke Anne Wittleder • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I'm not exactly sure what animals or plants we should take a closer look at but in terms of natural phenomena, like shark skin, I think there are a handful of other organisms on Earth that have "self-disinfecting" or antimicrobial qualities.

07/01/2020
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MJ DiBernardo • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Sure :)

07/02/2020
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Vivi Tan • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should really study lotus leaves. Cars that could be washed by rainwater is pretty swell.

07/03/2020
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elsa zhao • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Caterpillars or sea cows

07/05/2020
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JY YUN • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Maybe Camels, because camels can keep providences in their lump, so they can stay for many days without water.

07/06/2020
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Charlotte Sach • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Yes, it would be possible to create all of the above. Like, the lady who wrote Biomimicry was saying, we could use the lotus leaf design on automobiles so they would be self cleaning in places where it rains more often. One animal I think we should take a look at is a whale. Whale's are HUGE yet eat tiny tiny organisms. With this growing problem of an increasing population, it would be healthy to look at new ideas when it comes to one of the many things humans consume. We could eat smaller animals that take up less space but also are high in vitamins and minerals Like, insects for example.

07/07/2020
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Banson Vuong • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should probably take a closer look at vultures and how they keep themselves alive in order to create self-disinfecting cars. They somehow manage to stay alive although they eat nothing but the remains of dead animals hours after death. The bacteria somehow doesn't kill them, and that's really fascinating and something we should take into account.

07/07/2020
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Becky B • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Janine Benyus uses the example of lotus leaves, which are self-cleaning.

07/08/2020
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Lisa Maina • LESSON IN PROGRESS

termites

07/08/2020
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Diego minecraftian KolesarFitch • LESSON IN PROGRESS

i dont think so because i dont know any animal that disinfects itself other than dakota and oreo the best dogs on earth!!!!!!!!!!
"Dog saliva might have some healing properties, and before the advent of modern medicine, licking wounds was your dog’s best defense against infection"- American Kennel club.
The car that dissinfects itself cas a tounge that feels and works like a dog and when you press a button the toungythingy licks the outside of the car.

07/08/2020
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Chloe Feather • LESSON IN PROGRESS

just looking at some comments I think it's important to note that the lotus leaves were self-cleaning i.e. removing dirt particles and such. This is different to self-disinfecting where its more about removing bacteria to provide a sanitized, hygienic surface, not just 'clean' from dirt, though I'm sure the leaf structure of the lotus would be useful in this case

07/09/2020
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Ingrid Siega • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Yeah I do think it's possible to create self-disinfecting vehicles or transportarion if we try thoroughly observe and take a closer look at self-cleaning house cat. It might not appear exactly like the form of a cat, but the material to use, fur-like perhaps.

07/13/2020
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Joseph Pilapil • LESSON IN PROGRESS

It's definitely possible if designers take inspiration from the natural world.
I think honeybees and their honeycombs will be a source of design inspiration

07/14/2020
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Carlos Armando Espino Reyes • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should observe carefully both ants and bees, even if people don´t like it, it's time for cars to drive automatically, in order to reduce fuel consumption and transportation time

07/20/2020
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Sumedh Mahangade • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Cats and dogs lick themselves regularly, I think it is best to research them.Also, they are pets, making them available throughout the world

07/22/2020
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nirel ogweremu • LESSON IN PROGRESS

we should take a closer look at tigers (there my fave animals )
the reason why i wanted to pic tigers is because there playful, helpful and sometimes in fact they can be very friendly

07/26/2020
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that's a great idea clever thinking

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that's really
fascinating

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animals my fave

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nirel ogweremu • LESSON IN PROGRESS

fungi is disgusting YUCK but that is very good and scientific to research about to learn more about and clever to think of and even if you taking a closer look at something disgusting it is clever of you to focus about your world. you clever

07/26/2020 • 
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I don't know much about the world of fauna and flora but I noticed that cats, the feline family in general, has their own way of cleaning themselves without actually using water, unlike dogs which easily dirt themselves. It may be nice to look closely at them and see how by just licking themselves literally easily cleans their bodies.

We may also want to look at plants with leaves and stems that have these tiny hairlike structures, they seem to easily repel water and other tiny things that land on their surfaces.

07/29/2020
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aqsa abbasi • LESSON IN PROGRESS

we should look and camels and cacti as they both store water in their body.

07/29/2020
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Arianna Farias • LESSON IN PROGRESS

If it could, we should take a closer look at the ladybugs.

07/31/2020
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Astridd lol • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Maybe not a whale , Way too loud. Maybe a Dolphin? Dolphins have similar mouthes, and are pretty quiet.

08/07/2020
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isira vishwasara • LESSON IN PROGRESS

it is going to be possible

08/17/2020
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Grace Cho • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think we should take a closer look on plants such as cactuses because plants are very eco-friendly. This will give a better idea on the design of the self-disinfecting cars.

08/31/2020
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Sakshi Dixit • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We well know there is a will there is a way just we have to be more observer & keen in our surrounding.

09/01/2020
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정은 유 • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I can't understand a thing.

09/08/2020
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Michaya Ferby • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look at camels and lotus leaves. Camels store water in their bodies, cars can store fuel within them longer. Lotus leaves clean themselves with water, and cars should be able to do the same.

09/08/2020
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Claudio Joaquin Echeveria • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should take a closer look at how electric eels produce electricity. By biomimicking this ability, we could biologically innovate eco-friendly products that would provide electricity for everyone.

09/09/2020
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Maybe, idk.

09/10/2020
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Thurston Ross • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Yes because we could make the cars have bumps on them so when mud or gunk gets in them when it rains all of the rains hits the bumps but still falls off the car washing all of the mud and gunk off. We could make something with the feathers of a duck and the body of a glass frog.

09/11/2020
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Sarah Sedik • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think we should look close look at elephants

09/13/2020
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Yejoon Na • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should take a closer look at turtle shells

09/16/2020
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this is interesting i want to lean more

09/17/2020
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Madisun Myers • LESSON IN PROGRESS

When creating a self-disinfecting car, train, etc. we should look at locus leaves how they clean off the dirt themselves, or even a solid non-living thing like a rock. There are many great things you can take a look at.

09/17/2020
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Madisun Myers • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Anything is possible with science. :)

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I will probably suggest taking a closer look at cactus because they store the water in their bodies.

09/20/2020
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Fayaz Anwar • LESSON IN PROGRESS

we should take a closer look at the yeetburger

10/05/2020
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Hamsavahini Vepery Ravichandran • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Of course it would be possible, maybe look at some fungi or lotus leaves

10/09/2020
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10/09/2020
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We should not stick to only one animal or thing but should try to understand the whole system of nature, and take inspiration from the same. Nature is the best of the best teacher

10/13/2020
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Nitin Karthikeyan • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look at how birds fly because this can help airplanes get more aerodynamic and allow them to use less fuel.

10/13/2020
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shark

10/14/2020
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Kavya Dahiya • LESSON IN PROGRESS

lotus leaves as it cleans itself

10/24/2020 • 
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Kimaya Prashant • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Why can't we just redesign buildings, vehicles, roads, et cetera completely? Technically speaking, cost shouldn't be a problem considering the fact that humans invented money...

10/26/2020
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Hancy Jiang • LESSON IN PROGRESS

It probably would be possible to create self-disinfecting cars, trains, boats and airplanes, while nature. I think we should take a closer look at animals and which animal? I think the animal should be a giraffe.

10/27/2020
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Teyaly Zarate • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think it is a possibility to develop these self-disinfecting mobiles. I think the one we should take a closer look as are birds and the lotus leaves there can be a combination of both animals that could help assist in the development and structure and process even of these inventions that we look forward to see. I think asking a biologist or an animal expert could help us get a closer look at this

10/28/2020
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Ewen Mcleish • LESSON IN PROGRESS

The video said that by looking at lotus leaves and creating a paint surface that mimics these - the rain droplets would be able to roll off and attach to pieces of dirt creating a self washing car. Many plants such as aloe vera have antiseptic properties so maybe this is an avenue for research.

11/03/2020
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Neil Ketkar • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should take a look at cacti because they store water in their body structures which I think could be useful for trains.

11/04/2020
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Breck Carden • LESSON IN PROGRESS

dogs are good they do not eat cars. we should be more like dogs.

11/05/2020
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Celina Jouaneh • LESSON IN PROGRESS

we should take a closer look to egals

11/19/2020
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Rachel Tremblay • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Students responses: Cleaning hands and cleaning products come out of the roof.

11/20/2020
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Fiona Gaggero • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Yes I think this is very possible, their is a lot of things out in nature, but I would need to take a closer look for inspiration

11/25/2020
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Akshaya Lahari Yellapantula • LESSON IN PROGRESS

As ma'am said in the lesson, we can use the form of a lotus leaf or.....umm....a butterfly.
We have so many animals and plants in our ecosystem through which at least one characteristic could be adopted to make our lives better

12/03/2020
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Not really sure this method of self-disinfecting properties was based on the nature or animals.
There was an article about a "coating" that literally hinders the viruses capabilities to attach efficiently to the surface of a material, providing additional layer as protection.
Might worth taking a closer look.

12/03/2020
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Amsyar Danial • LESSON IN PROGRESS

how about creating a machine that can turn any composes, carbon-rich products or even smoke to useful gasses such as oxygen and nitrogen at an appropriate rate?

12/03/2020
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Polina Dmytrenko • LESSON IN PROGRESS

In my opinion we should take a closer look humming birds. They have the ability to fly backwards and hover in place , which make them similar to helicopters. Researchers from Stanford University published a study and found that the birds ` ratio of their wing`s length to their width determined their ability to sustain novering power. Also , engeneers hope to use this information their colourful feathers in helicopter design.

12/03/2020
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Sofiia Lysiuk • LESSON IN PROGRESS

To my mind, we should think about fish that make a difference for us and our nature. The example is a yellow box fish. Once large organisation that invent cars decided to design a new kind of a car. “Mercedes-Benz” invented a vehicle that is environmentally friendly. Scientists chose this fish because it has unusual shape and carapace because the fish has impressive hydrodynamic characteristics. This invention isn’t only one example of sustainable fish using, so we need to be more attentive with them.

12/05/2020
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José Ordoñez Rossano • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should take a closer look at camels and cacti (the plural of cactus). They both store water in their body structures which I think could be useful for cars. We can have cars store fuel longer and have the fuel to be more environmentally friendly. If the gas tank can store the fuel longer, then the less fuel will be used and less air pollution. :)

12/09/2020
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Honey Aye • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Birds, lotus leaves, Ants

12/10/2020
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We should look closer to earthworms, can penerate the earth like tunnels

12/11/2020
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Donaliza Gerandoy • LESSON IN PROGRESS

yes, we should look closer to animals and our nature.

12/12/2020 • 
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Annie Richil Cagas • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Yes it is possible to create these stuff's owns disinfection process. We should take a closer look to a cat on how they self clean their self.

12/12/2020
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Quynh Pham • LESSON IN PROGRESS

it is possible! I believe in our ability to think and create unimaginale thing like the way we used to do with other things. It was really amazing. And personally, I think we should take a closer look at the cats. Especially, the cats' legs. The cats can walk, run, and hunt without giving any noise, so perhaps we could take this into consideration and do more research about that, to create cars with soft enginee which will be active based on the way the cats move.

12/14/2020
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Alice Mokfienski-Ramos • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Hmmm. . . . I think we should take a closer look at cactuses. They are amazing!

12/20/2020
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Yes, I agree, in the "Movie Honey I shrunk the kids" the kid rides an any

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Did you know they have oil on their feathers that help them float on water!

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yep

12/23/2020
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everything because there might be things that we still don't know.

12/24/2020
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nilda canencia • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Yes we can do that because of modern technology.

12/28/2020
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Refia Sueda Ak • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Yes it is absoulately possible to make tese items by looking nature. I think we should look closer at animals who sleep in winter because they can stand without drinking water or eating foos. Thats because of they store them to use later. We can make a car that have storage and it can use its fuel with periodically but efficiently.

12/31/2020
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It

01/07/2021
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Joud Odat • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look at :Shark skin, lotus leaves, and butterfly wings.

01/07/2021
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Zinmar Win • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Since I really interested in this portion, I studied more additional factors in Google. So I knew other examples of Biomimicry in nature such sharkskin as swimsuit, ************ as wetsuit, burr as velcro, termite den as office building, whale as turbine, birds as jets, lotus as paint and bug as water collection. It was amazing.

01/08/2021
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Viola Soukup • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I thunk in the future it will be possible to do lots of things that we even thought weren't possible.

01/11/2021
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Kimberly Barragan • LESSON IN PROGRESS

it could be possible, maybe they'd take a look at cats since they constantly groom themselves

01/12/2021
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Julia Flood • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think taking a look at multiple animals to help build a self-disinfecting car would be cool because they would all bring different things to the table.

01/13/2021
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Maybe bees.

01/13/2021
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Kenlee Bylinowski • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I should take a look at birds and how they make they're using what around them without destroying what's around them. The animals have their way of life and we need to find ours.

01/13/2021
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Ashley-Rae Tewari • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Yes, in the future I could see self disinfecting cars to be a thing and we should take a closer look at different bugs.

01/13/2021
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J-Nae Madore • LESSON IN PROGRESS

If a gas tank can hold fuel longer than the amount of pollution that is in the air would be significantly reduced. Looking at a camel or tortoise they store water for days using little by little. If card would do that the air quality would be greatly improved.

01/13/2021
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Rachel Schwahn • LESSON IN PROGRESS

It probably wouldn't be impossible to create self-disinfecting cars but I don't see it happening in the future. We should maybe take a closer look at spiders because they eat other bugs that may be harmful to crops and they just may be useful.

01/13/2021
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I think the diverse kingdom of funghi could bring a lot of inspiration for technologies - the far stretching mycelia, their many metabolites...

01/14/2021
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Melissa Buchanan • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think it is possible, but I feel like it will be awhile until we figure out how to do it. We should take a closer look at cacti because they hold water for a certain amount of time until it is needed.

01/14/2021
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Halen Amaral • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look more at cacti and camels. They store their water for long amounts of time.

01/14/2021
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Shari Pinon • LESSON IN PROGRESS

It might be possible through taking a look at lily pads that self clean

01/14/2021
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Rosa Maria Longoria • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Yes it would be possible to create a self-disinfecting cars because we have plants like Variegated Snake Plant that purify's the air. Lavender is another good one

01/14/2021
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Kaylee Suwyn • COMPLETED LESSON

Copper is a self-disinfectant metal, but we can also look at gorillas because they are smart.

01/14/2021
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Madison Kruzel • LESSON IN PROGRESS

lotus leaves clean themselves with water so that may be a possible plant to look more into.

01/14/2021
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Mika Chaplin • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think we should look at lotus leaves, because in the video it mentioned how they were self-cleaning.

01/14/2021
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Katrina Mcmanus • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think it is possible to create self disinfecting cars

01/14/2021
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Savannah Collazo • LESSON IN PROGRESS

A lot of animals self cleanse so there are many options for that and we could also look at bee colonies for their structure.

01/14/2021
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Danielle Eberhart • LESSON IN PROGRESS

we should take a better look at most of nature as it is still thriving (minus humane intervention) and it would just help with everyday problem.

01/14/2021
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Lilith Wilson • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I would look at an animal that has a high antibody or an effective antibody cell for this.

01/14/2021
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Natalie Guglielmo • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should definetely use less plants thats for sure, and figure something out with what we already have

01/14/2021
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Phoebe Aramburo • LESSON IN PROGRESS

maybe ducks and how they dont get wet

01/14/2021
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Jessica Cruz • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look at all types of birds when it comes to designing aircraft or vehicles designed for speed and silence, as well as the feathers of ducks, geese, and penguins which are water resistant and would help in creating water resistant clothing or possibly technology.

01/14/2021
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Kiara Warren • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Yes this could be possible with up and coming technology, and I think we sould look at animals that are built and cannot get hurt easily.

01/14/2021
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Makenna Juarez • LESSON IN PROGRESS

The lotus leaves would be a good choice because they self clean which is extremely helpful.

01/14/2021
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any marine life

01/14/2021
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we should look more closely at desert dwelling animals and plants for the conservation of water

01/14/2021
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Jenny Villalba • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should take a closer look at spiders. Its incredible how strong their webs are they can even collect raindrops. Their web designs are also unique.

01/15/2021
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if i were the one building it i would base it off a cat

01/15/2021
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Kate Tracey • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Lotus leaves are self cleaning also water runs off birds feathers these could be things to look into

01/18/2021
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lotus leaves

01/19/2021
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and cat tongues

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Yes I think it’s possible we should look at elephants how they store water in their trunks to clean themselves

01/20/2021
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My daughter's thoughts: I think we should look closer at flamingos to see if their feathers are really pink or just a pink-looking orange.

01/21/2021
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Isabela Freire • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Maybe looking into the areas where blind animals have adapted to in their own way could help us get inspiration for designs.

01/22/2021
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Lydia Zabala • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look at bird feathers to help with boats because water runs smoothly off them

01/25/2021
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Lydia Zabala • LESSON IN PROGRESS

We should look at lotus leaves because they have a texture that cleans itself.

01/25/2021
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Fiona Sewell • COMPLETED LESSON

just look at the way shark scales are layered on each other

01/27/2021
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Veda Haas • COMPLETED LESSON

the lotus leaf is self cleansing

01/27/2021
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Veda Haas • COMPLETED LESSON

we should look more into ants

01/27/2021
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Moses Vicuna • COMPLETED LESSON

The design of lotus leaves can be used to create self-cleaning cars, trains, boats, etc...

01/28/2021
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Hope Holden • COMPLETED LESSON

Yes, it would be possible. We could use the surface of the lotus leaf and put that on cars, boats, airplanes, any type of transportation! It would be possible because lotus leaves clean themselves, and there are 3-D printers that can mimic that.

01/29/2021
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James Silk • COMPLETED LESSON

We could look into certain bacteria that may have the ability to disinfect. This could be used on cars, trains, boats and airplanes. Bacteria are able to grow really fast and could perhaps be used to clean off bad bacteria off of surfaces to make items cleaner. It is worth investigating.

01/30/2021
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Juliet Mikhailenko • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think it is theoretically possible, but it will take many years for scientists to reach the required level. We have to take a closer look at all the little-studied plants and animals, because perhaps they have more features than we think.

02/05/2021
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Anthony Pacitti • COMPLETED LESSON

I think this could work because you could put a machine inside those things that can trigger to spray out hand sanitizer when it’s time to clean or disinfect. I think we should take a closer look at ant eaters to find out more.

02/08/2021
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Abena Yiadom • COMPLETED LESSON

We should look at bugs, especially the ones that burrow in the ground. We can use biomimicry to build underground water systems, improve plumbing, and underground housing.

02/08/2021
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Jeremiah Moise • COMPLETED LESSON

Yes, it would be possible to create self-disinfecting cars. Lotus leaf would be a good plant to look at because they clean themselves with water.

02/08/2021
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The Halo Boss • COMPLETED LESSON

I think it would be possible but difficult. I think it would be hard to do because there is still the factor that we humans are a part of the equation when using transportation. We must design something with the knowledge that humans will be involved every time our product is in use so we must keep safety as our top priority. But if we are going to use an animal or plant I believe that certain birds can be used because they are very good self cleaners and also maybe use the lotus leave design for outside of the transportation machines. Another idea that might be great is the remora fish because we can use the principle that after usage there can be a few systems of cleaning to clean and disinfect transportation while not in use or while a transition is being made.

02/11/2021
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Aiden Saka • COMPLETED LESSON

Honestly that may be a feasible idea with the technology we have today, but there would have to be more type of research involved. We should take a more closer look at birds and the way they communicate with others and fly.

02/11/2021
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Aislen Thompson • COMPLETED LESSON

We should take a closer look at camels and cacti (the plural of cactus). They both store water in their body structures which I think could be useful for cars. We can have cars store fuel longer and have the fuel to be more environmentally friendly. If the gas tank can store the fuel longer, then the less fuel will be used and less air pollution

02/11/2021
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Emily Robarge De Leon • COMPLETED LESSON

we should look at lotus leaves since they use water to clean the dirt off themselves

02/11/2021
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Veda Haas • COMPLETED LESSON

We should take a closer look at camels and cacti (the plural of cactus). They both store water in their body structures which I think could be useful for cars. We can have cars store fuel longer and have the fuel to be more environmentally friendly. If the gas tank can store the fuel longer, then the less fuel will be used and less air pollution

02/17/2021
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Austin Vargas • COMPLETED LESSON

Definitely we can do that with the existing technology.

02/17/2021
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Roberto Hays • COMPLETED LESSON

If technology could go one step further, we can achieve it. To the hawks because they must have something impressive

02/23/2021
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Nicolas Fernandez • COMPLETED LESSON

maybe all of them, all animals have a way to clean themselves

02/23/2021
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Jose Humberto Hayashi Mora • COMPLETED LESSON

We should look at some animals that developed to clean themselves without help from machines.

02/23/2021
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Javier Rios Loaiza • COMPLETED LESSON

Yes, but not now. Maybe some bugs or plant.

02/23/2021
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Nolberto Lizarraga • COMPLETED LESSON

the coat of some dogs that use the same coat to cool their body

02/23/2021
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Mario Lopez Cabrera • COMPLETED LESSON

We should look at trees and see how they filter out pollutants from the water and the air and maybe try to make that more efficient and utilize it in cities with a high population density

02/23/2021
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Guillermo Enrique Gamboa Mata • COMPLETED LESSON

- Yes, but it would take a long time to develop it; we can imitate or observe birds, fish, plant behaviors, storms, tsunamis, eruptions, etc.

02/23/2021
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Ricardo Dominguez • COMPLETED LESSON

yes, i think lotus leaves or how ants and coordinate betwen to work

02/23/2021
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Jesus Hernandez • COMPLETED LESSON

I believe that we should not use animals to make cars but that we should make cars that do not pollute so much

02/23/2021
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Santiago Verdugo Carranza • COMPLETED LESSON

Yes, using the method of the woman in the video that with this process the raindrops carry the bacteria away so it disinfects it naturally, I mention that it was applicable for many objects, we could pay attention to the behavior of owls

02/23/2021
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Nicolas Santana • COMPLETED LESSON

i think that yes but i can not give you proobs, the ants and bees because there work and do things that proportional with its capacities are imresionants if humans now how to work like that we will be more avanced in all aspects

02/23/2021
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Santiago López Bastidas • COMPLETED LESSON

I think it would be possible, but it would be a bit difficult. We should take a closer look to marine species.

02/23/2021
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Humberto Robles • COMPLETED LESSON

If trees are very good water filters, we should look at them

02/23/2021
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Anker Peña • COMPLETED LESSON

we should took closer at owls becuase we can see claerly in the night

02/23/2021
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jesus hector ramos bernal • COMPLETED LESSON

i think yes and the halcon or emu.

02/23/2021
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Gonzalo Ojeda • COMPLETED LESSON

It could be a lion or a bull because those are strong animals of nature

02/23/2021
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Fer Renteria • COMPLETED LESSON

When creating a self-disinfecting car, train, etc. we should look at locus leaves how they clean off the dirt themselves, or even a solid non-living thing like a rock. There are many great things you can take a look at.

02/23/2021
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Alan García Medina • LESSON IN PROGRESS

They create it because they are inspired by some animals and the most similar animal would be like a hummingbird or a guy like that

02/23/2021
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Robert Orgain • COMPLETED LESSON

we should find ways to look at animals closer to find some ways they do things that we can do

02/23/2021
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juan antonio leal • LESSON IN PROGRESS

NO, TO THE TREES

02/23/2021
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Hülya Özçelik • COMPLETED LESSON

I'm having a hard time deciding because we can be inspired by a lot of things. From the sharp eyes of Eagles, the hard work of ants, lotus leaves and many more...

02/24/2021
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Jermaine Bowden • COMPLETED LESSON

Some Animals that you can you can use are birds.

02/25/2021
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Caleb Sisk • COMPLETED LESSON

Yes, I think it would be possible to create self-disinfectant cars. trains, boats, and airplanes while looking at things in nature. Scientists could look at the lotus leaves because they are self-cleaning.

02/25/2021
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Anna Bondarenko • COMPLETED LESSON

Many animals and plants have a self-disinfecting liquid that helps them to avoid germs.
An example is a sweat. Many animals use it for biological processes and for disinfecting themselves by outputting the toxins.

02/26/2021
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tiana evans • COMPLETED LESSON

ya

03/05/2021
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Karina Smania De Lorenzi • COMPLETED LESSON

Yes, it is possible! Observe how animals and fungi work, see how they maintain their homes, what resource other plants use.

03/09/2021
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Olivia Hammond • COMPLETED LESSON

we should look at ants and see what they do all day, also cacti's are cool

03/11/2021
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Kirsten Brown • COMPLETED LESSON

We should take a closer look at camels and cacti (the plural of cactus). They both store water in their body structures which I think could be useful for cars. We can have cars store fuel longer and have the fuel to be more environmentally friendly. If the gas tank can store the fuel longer, then the less fuel will be used and less air pollution.

03/11/2021
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Bella Haas • COMPLETED LESSON

take a closer look at smaller insects

03/17/2021
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Anaya Chanda-Rastogi • COMPLETED LESSON

Maybe because there are some self driving cars,so why can't there be other self driving things? Maybe this could be based of a cheetah because they can run really fast without using too much energy.

03/22/2021
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RP - 07PA 876274 James Grieve PS • COMPLETED LESSON

We all should look closely at an owls feathers because water runs smoothly through them.

03/30/2021
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Anand Sukhlall • COMPLETED LESSON

Possibly depending on whether or not the bumps on the structure of the lotus would have an effect on aerodynamics.

03/31/2021
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Yeimi Duran Vargas • COMPLETED LESSON

I think it would be possible, however I have no idea how, but we could pay attention to all the animals that are used or have been used as a means of transport.

03/31/2021
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Erica Christ • COMPLETED LESSON

The lotus leaves sound fascinating.
I'd be interested in anything that is "fuel" efficient.

04/05/2021
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Aroush Ahmed • COMPLETED LESSON

Lotus leaves can clean themselves with water, maybe we can do experiments and see if it would work with other objects.

04/08/2021
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Sunday Zhu • COMPLETED LESSON

We should take a closer look at whales. They call each other with ultrasonic waves. Maybe we can try the same thing on kids so that they don't go lost.

04/09/2021
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SK - 07PA 757695 James Grieve PS • COMPLETED LESSON

We should look at cactus because they store water in their body structures( can be useful for cars).

04/12/2021
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maria m • COMPLETED LESSON

Bees as they have a communication system and a hierarchy built into their community.

04/14/2021
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Evelyn Ortiz • COMPLETED LESSON

We should take a closer look at lotus leaves.

04/14/2021
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Andrea Diaz • COMPLETED LESSON

I don't think it would be possible to create self-disinfecting cars, trains, boats and airplanes when you look at nature because organisms don't look to disinfect they just look to not be affected by pathogenic bacteria. I think we should look at how mole rats outlive most rodents and rarely develop cancer, or how lobsters are practically immortal.

04/14/2021
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AB - 07PA 754489 James Grieve PS • COMPLETED LESSON

I think we should look closer to worms. They are very interesting.

04/16/2021
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AK - 07PA 752768 Macville PS • COMPLETED LESSON

I think we should take a closer look at lotus leaves, because they are naturally designed with a bumpy texture, which makes rain drops roll or move around the leaves, removing all the bacteria and germs on them.

04/18/2021
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Wesley Christiansen • COMPLETED LESSON

lotus like it said in the video

04/19/2021
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Jordan Bringhurst • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I think that lotus leaves would be a good choice

04/19/2021