Hosted by OSOS , contributed by LUIS VERDE NAVARRO on 11 July 2019
This project was designed in OSOS Summer School 2019 by teachers from:
ITALY
Mario Di Fonza
Rosanna Busiello
Sabrina Nappi
FRANCE:
Delphie GUILLAUME.
SPAIN:
Susana Requena
Vicente Cava
Luis Verde
The project is based in Biomimicry Methodology.
He same applies to the intricate structural designs of cactus, which are exposed to a great deal of heat pressure in the desert. Their heat-reflecting capacity is low, since their surface is greatly reduced so as to cut down on evaporation. Nature has solved the problem by equipping many cacti with cooling ribs. These shade the cactus’s surface against the scorching sun and simultaneously improve heat radiation. The alternating planes of light and shade of the vertical cooling ribs of the torch thistle produce rising and falling air currents, which improve heat radiation. And when the sun reaches its highest position, it hits the torch thistle from above, where it presents its smallest surface. A botanist discovered that torch thistles perish of burns when they are placed horizontally in the sun.
It seems to be very interesting. I really like the idea of the implementation this kind of porjects in schools. Thank you OSOS Summer School.
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Se sentir
We detected a problem in the school:
Our classes are too warm, too hot. Do you think nature can provide us the solution?
Activity 1 :
Observation :
How does cactus work?
Activity 2:
What characteristics of the cactus can be valid for the human being?
Imaginer
ACTIVITY:
- Can you imagine staying inside the cactus?
- How affect the cactus' arquitecture in the air cooling?
- How can you recreate the shape and design of the cactus?
- Is it achievable for our buildings?
Activity 2:
activity 2:
How does the cactus collect and store the water?
can we copy this system for our buildings?
Créer
Ask the stutents to create a template with cartoon papermake and recycled tubes to reproduce a new buildings or shield for your school. The main idea is that our students will be capable to reproduce the air cooling system of cactus.
Activity 2:
We need to investigate if our template works. We can make a table of control about how affect the temperatura to our template.
Partager
- Create a video showing the whole process.
- Create a poster
- Participate in a contest : for instance (bealive.earth/contest) for innovative project (cgenial…) french contest
- Open day to present the template and students explains the whole process.
- create a web page to share our resources.
