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6. Present Your Design:
Prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (3-5 slides) to share your work with the class. Include:

l Slide 1: Design Challenge and Natural Inspiration
l Slide 2: Product Concept Description
l Slide 3: Product Sketch and Labelled Features

l Slide 4: Sustainability Plan
7. Peer Feedback and Reflection:
Present your design to the class and gather feedback. Afterward, write a short reflection on the feedback and any
further improvements you would consider.
Read the following blog for examples of products designed using biomimicry - https://aplanet.org/
resources/biomimicry-10-creations-inspired-by-nature/
Example: Bio-Inspired Cooling Bottle

The goal is to design a water bottle that minimises water waste by keeping the water cool for longer periods, reducing
the need for frequent refills or refrigeration.
Natural Inspiration:
Inspired by the African Elephant’s ears and the cooling effect of desert beetles:
l African elephants cool themselves by circulating blood through their large, thin ears.

l Desert beetles collect dew and direct it to their mouths using grooves on their shell.
Think of the Product Concept as follows:
The Bio-Cool Bottle is a portable water bottle designed to reduce water waste through innovative cooling. It incorporates
grooves inspired by desert beetles for condensation collection and a thin, heat-dissipating material inspired by elephant
ears to keep water cool. This design eliminates reliance on refrigeration and reduces water loss through evaporation.)

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Activity 2 [DT Handbook] Century #Communication
Skills #Critical Thinking
Redesign of an Object that you take to School
1. Choose one simple product that you carry with you to school (for example: water bottle, schoolbag, umbrella, tiffin
box, watch, etc.)
2. Write a short brief (around 10 sentences) on what you like and what you do not like about the product.

3. Exchange the brief with your friend.
4. Do a deep diving exercise to understand the friend and the product better.
5. Write a redefined brief understanding the key problem/opportunity area for design intervention.

6. Identify problem/gap areas/opportunity areas.
7. See if inspirations from nature could be used for its improvement.
8. Sketch 5 to 7 concepts.

9. Discuss and present it to your friend/class.
10. Improvise on the product after feedback from the friend.
11. Try and make a mock model.

12. Final sketch, a pencil or pen rendering of the final design.
13. Prepare a 5 slides presentation that shows the process followed.

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