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📹 CREATE YOUR OWN BUG DISH BRAZILIAN STYLE.

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📹 CREATE YOUR OWN BUG DISH BRAZILIAN STYLE.

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By Graciele Assis

INGREDIENTS
• Lot of ants
• Some bees
• 1 medium onion
• 4 cloves of garlic
• salt
• Cassava flour
• 1 spoon of oil
• 1 medium carrot

METHOD OF PREPARATION
1. Toast the ants.
2. Put a poon of oil and let the bees fry well.
3. Put anything in the bowl and add the onion and the finely chopped garlic.

4. Let it fry, then add the grated carrot.
5. Then add the salt and then the cassava flour.
6. Mix well and good appetite

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Recipe Chocolate cake with caramelized cockroach and crickets

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Recipe Chocolate cake with caramelized cockroach and crickets

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By chef Yldhlane

CAKE DOUGH

1 cup of milk

1 cup of soy oil

2 eggs

2 cups of wheat flour

1 cup chocolate powder

1 cup suggar

2 spoons baking powder

PREPARE CAKE DOUGH
Add the liquids in the blender and blend well,  add the other ingredients.
Put to roast
Ligght to bake in medium oven

CAKE TOP
For the topping, mix two spoons the butter, three spoons the chocolate and suggar and five spoons the milk in a pan.
Take to the fire until melted and the syrup is homogeneous.

Cover the cake while still hot, pierced with a fork
In a different pot, sautee  in caramel cockroach and crickets until they are crunchy
After cooling, place the bugs on top of the cake.

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INGREDIENTS
a can of condensed milk
1/2 cup powdered chocolate
Spider legs
A spoon of butter

Instructions
1.Put the butter in the pot and after the spider legs.
2.after frying the legs put the condensed milk in and afterwards the powdered chocolate.
3.stir over a low heat until thick.
Enjoy cold !!!

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INGREDIENTS

- 2 cloves of garlic
- 200g onion
- 200g of  broccoli
- 200g of carrots
- 2 small tomatoes
- 500g of spaghetti
- 150ml of soy sauce
- 100g cockroaches
- 100g beetle larva

PREPARATION

Cook the pasta in 1 liter of water with little salt, cut the vegetables. Then drain the pasta. Heat a frying pan, add the oil, fry the garlic and an onion. Fry the insects, a carrot, tomato, broccoli and add the shoyo. Finally, add the drained pasta, put the salt and pepper

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Ingredients:
1 tables spoon cricket flour
1 spoon of butter
1 can of condensed milk
2 tables spoons of cricket
Tools:
2 pot
1 cup
Instrucitions :
In your pot add the butter, condensed milk, spoons of cricket and mix well until it tickens an low heat. In the other container pour cricket flour, after hardening the brigadeiro. Wait for it to cool.
When cooled make small balls from the mixture and rold it in the cricket flour and it's readyto be Server enjoy.

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SUGGEST WAYS OF MINIMIZING THE  IMPACT OF SMARTPHONES USE.

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SUGGEST WAYS OF MINIMIZING THE  IMPACT OF SMARTPHONES USE.

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Before you dive into the rest of this Quest, check out these videos for more info about what metals and minerals go into our electronics, where they come from, how they're made, and the proper way to recycle these precious materials:

Watch 1: Where does your phone come from (Economist)
Watch 2: The Story of Electronics
Watch 3: ASAP Science: Periodic Table Song
Watch 4: Lithium 101 (National Geographic)

Explore the origins of Nintendo's popular DS device with PBS' animated short video full of facts about how the DS is made. Watch how things are made to understand how raw materials are transformed (manufactured) into our everyday stuff: PBS Manufacturing Process(for kids); What is manufacturing? (PBS); The process of manufacturing (PBS); Learn Manufacturing (PBS) Explore how tech doesn't just come from nature, but actually helps us learn more about it with this video from National Geographic. (all ages) Discover more about this by watching Making electronic gadgets to explore our world: drop cam Discover how Liam the robot breaks down old cell phones to their component parts to be used again! Make an e-waste box for your house. Be creative! Decorate the box with a collage of pictures of electronics from a store flyer. Store the box somewhere accessible and remind your family to place old batteries and non-functional electronics like old cell phones, DSs, tablets, computers. When the box is full, bring it to the local e-waste facility. Break apart some old electronic devices (with your parents' permission and supervision, of course!) Take them apart carefully: What's inside? Can you spot copper? Aluminum? Find the circuit board. They're usually pretty small, but see if you can spot the gold in that circuitry! Check BreakerSpace for more breakdown ideas! Share your findings with us using #EarthSchool. When you're finished, make sure to bring the devices and all of their parts to your local e-waste facility. Watch PBS' video on The Natural History of the Cell Phone to learn about the life of a phone. Learn how much water it takes to build one computer? Find out at DoSomething.org's list of 11 Facts About E-Waste. (For ages 10+) Look at this very clear infographic about closing the resource loop by recycling old electronics.

Resources for Parents and Educators: Host activities and project ideas from these PBS Teacher Resources and learn more about the global issues around Children's Health and e-Waste (WHO)

This Earth School Quest was created by the following incredible educators and environmental experts: Kathleen Usher PhD

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Did you know that your cell phone and computer contain tons of rocks and minerals? Today, we're going to dive into how electronic devices are made, what natural resources they use, and learn how to enjoy everything that technology has to offer without doing irreparable harm to the planet.

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Some ideas for minimizing the impacts of smatphones use.

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Some ideas for minimizing the impacts of smatphones use.

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By Sara FCE
1. Donate your old phone for charity.
2. Recycle the mobile phone parts.
3. Try to use your phone for as long as possible.

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Imagine you are a superhero, with a superpower based on some form of biomimicry. What living thing would you mimic, and what would your superpower be? 

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Before you dive into the rest of this Quest, check out these great videos to learn how designers study nature to improve the ways we make stuff. It's no wonder we're so inspired by the natural world- nature has been "product testing" for billions of years!

Watch 1: What Is Biomimicry? (Fast Company)
Watch 2: 8 Useful Technologies Inspired by Nature (SciShow)
Watch 3: Science Copies Nature's Secrets-Biomimicry (IFSVND)
Watch 4: Hidden Miracles of the Natural World: Louis Schwartzberg (TED)

Test the power of nature and find the strength of an eggshell with this project from Science Sparks. Search for instances of biomimicry in your life. Grab a pencil and paper or download an Inventor's Notebook from the Spark Lab. Then, make a list of the products you use each day. Can you think of something in nature that might have inspired their shape or function? Draw a detailed picture of one of the most amazing things you have observed in nature (for example: a turtle's shell, a field of flowers, a porcupine's spine). What is distinctive about its shape? What are its key parts? How does it "work"? How is it connected to other parts of nature? Read teacher John Marconi and his students' very detailed report about green cities and think about your town. What parts of your city or town are your favorite? Least favorite? How would you improve them? Draw inspiration from nature as you design improvements. Lead a discussion with your family (or online with your neighbors!). Ask everyone about a specific problem they or your community is facing. How do you think nature could solve this problem? Observe nature for a few minutes and then write a poem about the form and function of something that caught your attention. Ask your parents or teacher for help sharing your poem online with #EarthSchool. Write a letter to someone from your local government or to a community leader. Explain what biomimicry is, then show them a nature-based design that can improve your community. Suggest what they could do to help make this happen. Need help constructing your letter? Here's a sample. Watch a new movie on biomimicry and climate change narrated by pioneering biomimicry expert, Janice Benyus, and share the link with a friend. Feeling really ambitious? Attend her entire online course. Watch this video from Berkus Design Studio to learn how architects get inspired by the natural world Watch designer Neri Oxman talk about Design at the Intersection of Technology and Biology and learn about other ways to get original perspectives from biomimicry. Read about 7 surprising technologies inspired by nature with Live Science. Design an improvement for your neighborhood. Pick a problem (litter in a local park, not enough parking spaces, a run down building, for example), and use what we've learned about biomimicry to figure out a way to improve the issue. Before you begin, brush up on your design skills with this tool, which is used by world class designers at Stanford University. (for ages 15-18)

Create a new civilization. Lots of species live underground. Could humans? Design an underground civilization with this project developed by educator John Spencer. This Earth School Quest was created by the following incredible educators and environmental experts: Richard Matthew, Steve Davis and Bill Tomlinson, University of California Irvine

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Nature teaches us to solve problems beautifully, intelligently, and sustainably. Did you know Velcro was inspired by burrs stuck in fur? Or that engineers made spider-shaped robots? This design process is called biomimicry. To begin, let's watch a video to learn why architect Mick Pearce designed a building inspired by a termite mound.

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By Philippe Gonçalves

Last week, I whached a video about biomimicri. A engineer needed to solve a loud noise bullet train when the train entered in a tunnel. The engineer
was a "birdwatcher" and inpired in a design beak of a "kingfisher".

Finally, the engineer drew a bullet train new front inspired in a "bird fisher" beak and solved the problem about loud noise and spent less energy too.

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The house of bird “joão-de-barro” is built by the couple, using moist soil and dry branches. The house has a spherical shape and to be built the small couple of birds need at least 100 trips to collect raw material.

João-de-barro’s house is made with two rooms, one more protected for eggs and chicks and an entrance hall. The birds build the house with the entrance in the opposite direction to the wind and protected against rain.

The couple build the same house every year, in different locations.

By Vinícius Madeira

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By Ricardo
In my opinion I love the beautiful and power of the lightning in a storm. It´s fascinating!
Studying this phenomenon, we got develop methods of protection against its effects, like
surge arresters, grounding systems, etc.

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Mila

I read a story where lobsters were used as an inspiration for heating. From lenses that concentrate up to five times more energy, based on the eyes of crustaceans.

In the eyes of the lobster there are tubes that are like mirrors and their geometry means that the light is concentrated in a single point. In the created object, the heating part uses lenses similar to that of the crustacean eye to increase the heating power. The appliance directs the heat to a single point and not to the whole environment.

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What if cracks in concrete could fix themselves? - Congrui Jin

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by Cássia Diniz

2  tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 mediun onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 chopped tomatoes
250 g mealworm
1 tablespon parseley
Salt and pepper to taste

Heat olive oil in a frying pan on a medium heat.  Add the garlic and the onion to fry.
Add the tomatoes and a little amount of water  ( 3 tablespoons). Make a sauce.
After that add the mealworm and cook for 15 minutes. Stir occasionally.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Drizzle parseley over it.

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Bee women
I am the bee women and i fight to defend the flowers ano animals that need them for life and they like birds and butterflies. I Live arond gardens and  florests .
My Power is ela mas have super speed in addition to arrows.

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Rabbit woman
☆power to teleport
☆carrot is her energy

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by Mariana Oliveira
Ingredients

3 large carrots cutted into pieces

2 cups of sugar

1 cup of oil

4 eggs

2 cups of flour

1 spoon of baking powder

2 cups of ants

Topping

1 can of condensed milk

3 tablespoons of powder or chocolate powder

1 tablespoon of margarine

Preparation method

1. Beat in a blender the carrots, oil, sugar and eggs.

2. Pour the mixture into a bowl, add the flour, the ants and the baking powder, and then mix well.

3. Bake the cake for 40 minutes

4. For the topping, mix all the ingredients together, and then pour it over the cake

5. If you like, you can sprinkle some ants over the icing

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Bread-cheese with lesser mealworm larvae by Elen Dias

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Bread-cheese with lesser mealworm larvae by Elen Dias

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5 glass of sour manioc starch
1 glass of warm water
1 glass of milk
1 glass of oil
1 spoon of salt
2 eggs
300g of cheese
300g of lesser mealworm
700 ml of warm water

HOW MAKE?

Cook your bug in the 700ml of warm water.For 8 minutes.
Put on a canister the sour manioc starch and  warm water.
Mixing, put the milk and oil.
Wait 10 minutes and put the eggs and mix again.
Add the salt, the cheese and the bug.
Mix again, when everything will be mixed well.
You should put oil on your hands, and make a lot of pellets with 10 or 15 cm.
Put in oven with 356° F (180°C).
After 30 minutes it’s good.

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Ways of Minimizing the impact of smartphone use 

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Ways of Minimizing the impact of smartphone use 

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by Mariana Oliveira
To reduce the impact of the smartphone use, you should try to use it for the longest time as possible, instead of changing it every year. Also, you can try to preserve it, so it lasts more. In case you want to change your cellphone, you can sell or even donate the old one. You can also recycle your phone parts. Some stores even give discounts on your new phone if you give your old one back.

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Nature is sublime for me.
I love the Sky,the river, the see, the trees, the flowers and especialy the mountains.
I was born in Minas Gerais and the mountains make part of my life.
The mountains are rich of minerals which are present in various industries.
For me, the mountains  represent something bigger, sometimes familiar. I miss them when I travel.
The mountains contain rocks that sometimes remind me of animal and human masks.
This rock in the photo make me think about a chair.
Many designs can be taken from nature.
Nature is inspiring.
Cassia Diniz

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I am a wolf woman. I change form during the full moon. When I howl, it attracts other wolves to protect the defenceless. I have sharp teeth and claws, so I can climb a building. I have night vision, and this allows me to protect the city in the dark.
by Mariana Oliveira

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by Kerem Soares

1 large chopped onion
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 large tomatoes, chopped without seed
500 g of Centipede
1 chopped pepper without seed
4 mashed peppers without seeds
2 teaspoons of colorific
1 cup of coconut milk tea
chives and cilantro or parsley to taste
Salt to taste
Black pepper to taste

🍵 delicious!

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I'm the chameleon woman and I live on top of the trees. I eat flying insects and to capture them, I use my big tongue and my eyes that move independently.
My super power is to be able to change color to camouflage myself and communicate.
By Sara FCE

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keep the hard work!

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CRUNCHYIngredients

For this recipe:

• 300 g freshly  grated coconut

• 200 g sugar

• 100 g  sweetened condensed milk

cricket legs

Ingredients for Coconut Sweet without sweetened condensed milk:

• 500 g freshly  grated coconut

• 400 g sugar

Preparation method
1. Open the coconut and peel away the brown skin just from half coconut. Keep the coconut brown skin on its remaining half. Grate the coconut (separate peeled flesh from flesh with peel). We made half recipe with grated peeled coconut (white) and half recipe using grated coconut with the brown skin, to show the difference between both alternatives.
2. Combine all ingredients (including the crickets leg) in a saucepan with a thick bottom and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the mixture "detach" from the bottom of the pan. It takes about 10 minutes.
3. While the dough is still warm make "quenelle" shapes using two tablespoons, and arrange "cocadas" on a baking tray with baking paper.
4. Let it air dry or sun dry.
5. Store at room temperature.

ENJOY THE CRICKET`S CRUNCHY LEGS

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Before you dive into the rest of this Quest, check out these great videos to learn how designers study nature to improve the ways we make stuff. It's no wonder we're so inspired by the natural world- nature has been "product testing" for billions of years!

Watch 1: What Is Biomimicry? (Fast Company)
Watch 2: 8 Useful Technologies Inspired by Nature (SciShow)
Watch 3: Science Copies Nature's Secrets-Biomimicry (IFSVND)
Watch 4: Hidden Miracles of the Natural World: Louis Schwartzberg (TED)

Test the power of nature and find the strength of an eggshell with this project from Science Sparks. Search for instances of biomimicry in your life. Grab a pencil and paper or download an Inventor's Notebook from the Spark Lab. Then, make a list of the products you use each day. Can you think of something in nature that might have inspired their shape or function? Draw a detailed picture of one of the most amazing things you have observed in nature (for example: a turtle's shell, a field of flowers, a porcupine's spine). What is distinctive about its shape? What are its key parts? How does it "work"? How is it connected to other parts of nature? Read teacher John Marconi and his students' very detailed report about green cities and think about your town. What parts of your city or town are your favorite? Least favorite? How would you improve them? Draw inspiration from nature as you design improvements. Lead a discussion with your family (or online with your neighbors!). Ask everyone about a specific problem they or your community is facing. How do you think nature could solve this problem? Observe nature for a few minutes and then write a poem about the form and function of something that caught your attention. Ask your parents or teacher for help sharing your poem online with #EarthSchool. Write a letter to someone from your local government or to a community leader. Explain what biomimicry is, then show them a nature-based design that can improve your community. Suggest what they could do to help make this happen. Need help constructing your letter? Here's a sample. Watch a new movie on biomimicry and climate change narrated by pioneering biomimicry expert, Janice Benyus, and share the link with a friend. Feeling really ambitious? Attend her entire online course. Watch this video from Berkus Design Studio to learn how architects get inspired by the natural world Watch designer Neri Oxman talk about Design at the Intersection of Technology and Biology and learn about other ways to get original perspectives from biomimicry. Read about 7 surprising technologies inspired by nature with Live Science. Design an improvement for your neighborhood. Pick a problem (litter in a local park, not enough parking spaces, a run down building, for example), and use what we've learned about biomimicry to figure out a way to improve the issue. Before you begin, brush up on your design skills with this tool, which is used by world class designers at Stanford University. (for ages 15-18)

Create a new civilization. Lots of species live underground. Could humans? Design an underground civilization with this project developed by educator John Spencer. This Earth School Quest was created by the following incredible educators and environmental experts: Richard Matthew, Steve Davis and Bill Tomlinson, University of California Irvine

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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)

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. 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. Take a study break and sing along with the best nature of transportation song: the Beatles' Yellow Submarine! Create a transportation chart and figure out which animals have inspired the modes of travel that get you around. 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. 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. 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. Read: Ants can also help cars to drive alone. Play National Geographic's Interactive Challenge: Robots! 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. Resources for Parents and Educators: Robots! Challenge, an educator's guide (NatGeo) This Earth School Quest was created by the following incredible educators and environmental experts: Juli Voss and Alison Lowndes

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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?

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 How is water wasted and polluted where you live? What could you do to help protect this precious resource?

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Before you wade into the rest of this Quest, check out these videos for more information about the wonderful world of water and what it means for our world:

Watch 1: Why Water Is Really, Really Weird (BBC)Watch 2: How Nature Makes Clean Water (The Nature Conservancy)Watch 3: Water: The Source of Life (The Nature Conservancy/TED)Watch 4: The Journey of Water: From Colombia's Páramo to the Kitchen Sink (The Nature Conservancy)Watch 5: Water Tales: Change the Story (WWF India)Explore the cycle of water with this interactive diagram. ( for all ages)

Experiment with water! Check out this video and try some amazing water experiments, like instant freezing, instant boiling, floating needle, handmade rainbow, and more! Write your own version of a water drop's journey with National Geographic. Begin in the time of the dinosaurs and get your water drop all the way back to present day at your house. ( for ages 8-11)

Analyze your personal water footprint using this online calculator from Water Footprint Network. ( for ages 8+)

Explore fresh water around the world through this interactive globe. ( for all ages)

Calculate the availability of freshwater! Explore how water moves above and below Earth's surface by using interactive computational models. Then, examine the supply and demand issues around your own local water source(s). ( for ages 12+)

Create your own salt water distillery. 70% of the Earth's surface is covered in water but only 3% of that water is drinkable. In this experiment, you'll learn how to create your very own fresh water from salt water. Research your local water supply. A watershed is any piece of land that channels water (such as rainfall) into a specific river or lake or ocean. Everyone on the planet lives in a watershed-- as these beautiful maps of the world's rivers demonstrate. Search online for details about your own area's water supply. Where does your town's water come from? How do the people who live upstream affect the water of people who live downstream? Do you do things that might pollute water for others in your community? What are some steps your family could take to minimize its impact on water quality? ( for ages 10+)

Conduct a home water audit. Calculate the water usage in your home with this calculator. Then, help start a neighborhood-wide campaign encouraging everyone in your community to use less water. Get the word out with persuasive writing via posters, social media, and neighborhood newsletters. ( for ages 12+)

Watch: The PBS special about water, H20: The Molecule That Made Us ( for ages 12-18+)

Watch: Water Water Everywhere from PBS Kids ( for ages 5-10)

Watch: Where does water come from in the Namibian desert? with National Geographic ( for ages 7-18+)

Read: 10 Interesting Things About Water from NASA ( for all ages)

Participate: Build your own watershed with PBS Kids ( for ages 13+)

Make: A mini water cycle with The Water Project ( for all ages)

Resources for Families and Educators: Use this week-long guide from The Nature Conservancy to explore how water and food can be sourced sustainably ( ages 10+). Have younger students? Watch The Journey of Water: From Colombia's Páramo to the Kitchen Sink (The Nature Conservancy) and play Nature Spy using page 9 of this guide. ( for ages 6-10)

This Earth School Quest was created by the following incredible educators and environmental experts:
Steve Davis, UC Irvine
Kate Ireland, The Nature Conservancy
Alison Lowndes (NVIDIA/AVIF)
Richard Matthew, UC Irvine
Ximena Marquez, The Nature Conservancy
Hannah Moosa, IUCN
Bill Tomlinson, UC Irvine

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Did you know that we drink the same water that dinosaurs used to drink? Water is essential to life, covers over 70% of the Earth and makes up about 60% of our bodies. But in the rest of the solar system, liquid water is almost impossible to find.

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What other examples of biomimicry can we find in the modern world?

Velcro, for example, is probably one of the best known examples of this branch of research, allegedly developed by a scientist who observed that burrs had surprising abilities when it came to adhering to fabrics. We can also have non-toxic adhesives: inspired in substances developed by salamanders and finally paints that facilitate cleaning: the Lotus plant is known for having its own cleaning mechanisms and inspired the creation of paints, waxes to be applied to glass and car coverings.

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First: PTW Arquitectos created the Water Cube, which houses the National Aquatic Center in Beijing. It is covered with 3 thousand gigantic bubbles of translucent plastic, which gives the sensation of being under water; Second: the Beijing National Stadium, designed by the Herzog & de Meuron office, has a structure inspired by a bird's nest; Third: building with two towers where the first is a shopping center and the second is an office building

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What is the similarity between trees and teeth?

Both trees and teeth can be divided into two parts: one we can see, the trunk, branches and leaves (in the trees) or the crown(in the teeth), and other part we normally cannot see, the roots.

In nature, the incredible design of trees allows them to get nutrients from air, beneficial microbes and soil minerals.
On the other hand, teeth are also influenced by the oral environmental, bacteria and minerals present in food or saliva.
Trees need a substantial quantity of some nutrients such as, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and boron.
Nutrients such as vitamin A, phosphate, calcium and fluoride are important for morphology pattern of teeth.
Administration of boron during teeth development can reduce caries susceptibility.

Trees use sunlight to create food for themselves trough the amazing process of photosynthesis, while teeth have a constant exchange of nutrients with the oral environment to keep healthy.

Using their expansive root system, trees are also able to draw nutrients from the soil, and in a similar way, teeth through the blood vessels and nerves in their roots can receive nutrients that provide vitality.

Here are just a few similarities to think about it.

How perfect is the nature!

Vânia Maria Vitor Rodrigues

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a product that is designed based on biomimicry and what animal are they based on

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a product that is designed based on biomimicry and what animal are they based on

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Gabriel Manoel Dos Santos
The plane is a clear example of this subject because its shape resembles a bird of prey like an eagle in its flight shape.

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shampoo inspired by cobwebs at the hotel designed based on the thermal attributes of the toucans' beak, scientists and companies in the country are betting on the intelligence of nature to create innovative solutions that reduce impacts on the planet.

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by Mariana Lopes Oliveira

In Anchieta, people wash the sidewalks with water, and cars with the water running. In my school, people are not contious of closing the tap after washing their hands.

Ways to save water:
Closing the tap when washing hands.
Reusing the dish water to wash the sidewalk.
Taking quick showers.

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I have the habit of close a tap in when look open.

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HOW BIG IS THE OCEAN????
Play the game and see how much you remember!!!
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Before you dive into the rest of this Quest, check out these videos for more information about our oceans:

Watch 1: The Deepest Dive in Antarctica Reveals a Sea Floor Teeming With Life(OceanX)
Watch 2: Why the Ocean Matters (National Geographic)
Watch 3: Hydrothermal Vents: Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas (NOAA)
Watch 4: The sea rangers who safeguard the Great Barrier Reef (BBC)
Watch 5: The treacherous quest of baby Galápagos marine iguanas (BBC Earth)

Explore the Great Barrier Reef on an underwater expedition with Our World of Wildlife. (Level 1: for ages 5-10; Level 2: for ages 11+)

Name the zones of the ocean (for ages 5-10). In the movie Finding Nemo, Mr. Ray names the zones of the ocean. Can you? Dive through the ocean zones, from sunlight to the abyss and beyond, what creatures and other things can you find? Dive under the surface and travel around the ocean on Google Street View! Write a report, story, poem or song - In 1798 Samuel Taylor Coleridge published a poem about a mariner who has returned to shore and is telling his tale in a pub about being lost at sea. The mariner recites the famous words "Water, water, everywhere and all the boards did shrink, water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink."

Imagine being in, or on, the ocean, surrounded by water. What would you see, feel and hear? What would you do? Let the ocean inspire you. Invent a report, story, poem or song - the choice is yours.

Think of the many ways you can broadcast what you have written or recorded. John de Lancie has developed an exclusive broadcast about the ocean to inspire you. How will you communicate creatively? Do you want to share it with your family and/or friends, make a picture, or share online? Earn an Earth School quest badge by sharing online here. (for all ages)Investigate ocean acidificationwith jellyfish! Jellyfish are found everywhere in the ocean. Some are longer than a blue whale, while others are only about the size of a grain of sand. Find out more in this video from TED-Ed. Imagine if the ocean was full of only jellyfish. Could it happen? Remember ocean acidification makes it harder for some marine animals and plankton to build their shells. Create a jellyfish using items you have around the house. The 2m (6 foot) long box jellyfish in Australia is one of the deadliest creatures on the planet. Its long tentacles are covered in tiny stingers that can kill you in 3 minutes with just one touch. Do you have an umbrella - can you add some stinging tentacles and pretend to be a scary box jellyfish? Or make a rainbow-colored jellyfish to put in your window. Think and plan what you can do to help tackle ocean acidification. Could increasing ocean acidification really lead to an ocean with only jellyfish? ( for ages 11+)

Experiment to see the impacts of ocean acidification at home - you can also use broken chicken egg shells for this experiment. ( for all ages)

Help NASA map the ocean by playing their NeMO-Net game. Watch what's happening under the surface with Monterey Bay Aquarium web cam Explore the Marine Protected Areas of the world by following this quiz trail from the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Watch Sue Perkins interview ocean scientists to find out about the impact that humans have on the ocean, and what we can all do to help look after it. Experience the weather on a Pacific island. The islands of Vanuatu can experience very dry or very wet conditions as a result of El Niño and La Niña events which are influenced by the temperature of the Pacific ocean. (for all ages)

Find a Coronavirus vaccine in the ocean Interview ( for ages 11+)

Watch how scientists are using satellites to map plastics in the ocean See South Pacific: Mother Nature tries to create an island before your very eyes Take a deep breath Blue Planet II with David Attenborough Resources for Families and Educators: Encourage students to find out more information about the ocean and ocean exploration, including these NOAA Live! Webinars (for ages 7-14) and this World Ocean resource from NatGeo (for ages 9+). Find more resources for educators from the National Sea Life Centre (for ages 6-11) and Encounter Edu (for ages 7-16).

This Earth School Quest was created by the following incredible educators and environmental experts: Joanna Post, Michael Weisberg, Holly Griffin and Lauren Weatherdon

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Planet Earth is really planet Ocean. The ocean is the last frontier- nature has found a way to thrive from the coral reef to the ocean floor and into trenches 10.9km (6.9 miles) deep. The ocean provides every second breath you take. It governs the world's weather.

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Memory test and vocabulary practice.

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Search for medicinal plants of the Amazon Rainforest and describe how our immune system can benefit from usage.

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Before you dive into the rest of this Quest, check out these videos for more information about forests as an ecosystem and the survival mechanisms of plants:

Watch 1: The secret language of trees (TED-Ed)
Watch 2: The bug that poops candy (TED-Ed)
Watch 3: Why healthy forests need wolves (WWF International)
Watch 4: What if everyone planted a tree? (BBC Ideas)

Choose 3-5 tree species indigenous to your area and get to know more about them. Research them online. Do you recognize those trees? What kind of forests do they grow in? Watch the TED-Ed video: What is hidden among the tallest trees on Earth? Think about all the different layers in the forest. Then imagine a local forest from roots to canopy as a block of flats: which species live on the ground floor, which on the first floor, which on the second etc. List or draw your findings. Print this tree identity card from WWF India. Pick a tree that you often pass and fill in information about it in the card. Repeat with new trees in your area and make your own tree guide. (for all ages)

Create a new plant species! Imagine a plant that does not exist. How would you describe it to scientists? Draw its picture and write a description of its specific qualities, living environments, and relationships to other species. What does the plant need to survive? How does it defend itself? How does it reproduce? Which other species benefit from your plant? Make a forest bug. Choose a bug or other little creature living in a forest and craft it from some recycled material that you can find at home. Make your own recycled paper. Explore a neighborhood forest with these activities from WWF Finland. Make a musical forest or garden with Little Pine Learners. Participate in Project Tree Buddy, a WWF India activity that lets you explore the plants and trees in your environment with some paper and crayons. Listen: Choose an area in the Nature Sound Map and listen to the sounds of forest. Rate your forest with Envirate, a free citizen science app that collects data about the quality of the environment using real people's observations on the look, feel, and sounds around them. Watch: Learn more about life in forests and watch the full episode Our planet: Forests Play: Learn about decomposers and turn dead things into rich soil in this PBS learning game. Make: A beautiful nature frame for your favorite pictures or art work. Participate: Adopt a tree in your backyard, neighborhood, or school. Resources for Parents and Educators: Learn more about forest biomes from this great resource full of great fact sheets and activities for your students.

This Earth School Quest was created by the following incredible educators and environmental experts: Essi Aarnio-Linnanvuori (WWF Finland), Neha Raghav (WWF India), Kristy Buckley, and Jessica Maki

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Quest 15 - The nature of plants and forests

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A forest is so much more than a group of trees. In this Quest, we'll discover how forests communicate, share resources, and defend themselves. We'll learn how to identify trees and try some forest-friendly activities, too. To begin, Valentin Hammoudi explains some of the fascinating ways that plants defend themselves.

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ow is water wasted and polluted where you live? What could you do to help protect this precious resource?

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At my house, more water is wasted when washing dishes.

We can turn off the tap when we do the dishes.

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In my house, water is wasted more in the laundry and it is wasted without any further use. We can solve this problem using this water to wash the backyard for example.

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ESSENTIAL FOR OUR LIFE                 Water is important we know, but what are we doing with the our Earth’s water? I will tell you what we're doing, we are wasting this essential resource.When we use this resource without any responsibility we are also contributing to our own destruction. Water won't last forever. It’s precious and pure.    As the most intelligent species we can do something about this and instead of destroying everything we can contribute to the earth's survival.  for example; little things we can do every day, such as starting in the shower daily or somethings. How example use only necessary water in shower, to clean the house use floor cloth and littler water, okay? The water of machine cloth washing use on your floor. No waste, no dirt, no Earth’s problems and yes for the Water’s appreciation.      

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ESSENTIAL FOR OUR LIFE                 Water is important we know, but what are we doing with the our Earth’s water? I will tell you what we're doing, we are wasting this essential resource.When we use this resource without any responsibility we are also contributing to our own destruction. Water won't last forever. It’s precious and pure.    As the most intelligent species we can do something about this and instead of destroying everything we can contribute to the earth's survival.  for example; little things we can do every day, such as starting in the shower daily or somethings. How example use only necessary water in shower, to clean the house use floor cloth and littler water, okay? The water of machine cloth washing use on your floor. No waste, no dirt, no Earth’s problems and yes for the Water’s appreciation.      

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Since its production until its final destination the smartphones are a problem. These indispensable objects contain our whole life, besides 70 of 118 chemical elements of the periodic table. So, first of all, we need to know how this production affects the environment and the employees involved in this process. The most of the chemical elements are found in mines around the world and this extraction harms the nature, moreover the workers are vulnerable to breathe this elements and damage their organism, mainly in the place where womans and children are forced to disassemble the smartphone without any protection. Therefore, we have to keep the mind in avoid to change our smartphones every year and throw it away in right places where it are not end up in the hands of people working in poor conditions.
THAIS MARQUES

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The dust is a mixture of many little ingredients and it could be found under a bed or in a forgotten corner in your house. Besides, there is a being that walks in eight legs and eats dead skin in the dust, it is called dustmites, they are less than a pinhead and an ant. This dust can help forensic specialists, because in the future we going to be able to analyze the especifically composition of dust and identify the origin of it. Some people could be alergic of these dustmites and they must clean their houses every day depending on the place they are, because the geology is responsible for the amount of dust the place has  and maybe people don't usually clean their house.
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The biomimicry is a innovation inspared in nature to make buildings on a more sustainable ways as the natural elements work. So, nowadays, there are a lot of things based in the natural structure, like the distribuition of water and the perfect weather inside them without using air conditioning. In the future, is possible that there are more other ways to building thinking in environment, besides the civilization might be more aware in the preservation of nature.
THAIS MARQUES

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Concrete is made using a sturdy substance that could building skyscrapers and others, but it is prone to cracking, so is a far-feched ideia to use it to make these buildings. Besides, the most flashy video I've watched in this topic was about the project called WASH, where a group help the people who don't have the basic hygiene in their country like happens in Nepal. So this people clean the river the most they can and try to make impact in the local government to take care about these comunity. But, about the engineers, they are the people who wants to know how and why things work and they are able to solve problems start anwsering three question about what is the problem, who has the problem and why it is important to be solved. Besides, there are many different groups of engineers specialized in specific areas, like software, electrical and mechanical.
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Aspirin is a medicine taken by the most of people around the world and it consume is about a hundred billion aspirin tablets per year. This painreliever was discovered by Sumerians who scraped the bark of a willow tree and ate it, after thier pain wasn't there. Nowadays, the scientists claim that this remed reduces 44% of heart attacks, but it has some side effects, like hair loss and bleeedind in the intestines. Although, there are other painkillers that have less side effects than aspirin, like ibuprofen.

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for example, rosemary is a medicinal plant from the Amazon rainforest that is rich in minerals such as potassium, calcium, sodium, magnesium and phosphorus. The ingestion of these vitamins and minerals favors weight loss by having a diuretic action. Rosemary tea is digestive and sweating, which relieves the symptoms of poor digestion. In addition, it helps in cleaning the liver

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