WebMD's detailed picture shows exactly what your heart looks like, and it's nothing like what you see on a Valentine's Day card!
This interactive website takes you step-by-step through an exploration of the heart, along with tips on making heart-healthy food choices. Fun sounds and graphics make this perfect for elementary grades.
KidsHealth explains that your heart isn't your emotional center and doesn't make you fall in love. The heart is a tireless muscle pumping blood to your organs.
Point and click your way around this interactive heart diagram from InnerBody that introduces the parts of the heart and their functions.
This site provides information about what the human heart is, and how it grows and develops. It also explains the structure of the heart, with images and diagrams.
Surfnetkids.com recommends five interesting sites that teach about the human heart.
How photo sensitive paper works and some tips for using it.
The San Diego Zoo has created a collaborative network to promote biomimicry called BRIDGE. Their site is an excellent resource for news items about biomimicry in action, online videos, and suggested reading.
This fun, printable handout (written specifically for kids) gives oodles of examples of nature-inspired designs.
This site includes K12 curriculum ideas (look for the Youth Ed link under Education and Training), and a reading list that includes recommendations for both adults and children (filed under Resources.)
In this interview, Benyus explains how and why engineers can learn from nature. Be sure to download the first chapter of her book "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature."
Ask Nature is a collaborative site where biologists, designers and engineers can share information on how nature solves problems, with the goal of helping engineers to mimic biological adaptions to solve human problems.
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