assignment 4, insect design

Assignment 4: Insect Design

Create your own arthropod or arthropod-inspired product by drawing from your knowledge and understanding of arthropod biology and behavior.

1. Watch videos:
   • TED Talk: Silk (video)¹
   • TED Talk: Secret of Nature’s Grossest Creatures (video)²
2. Read article:
   • The First Mechanical Gear Discovered in a Living Creature (website)³
3. Download, open, and read documents:
   • Insect Design Assignment Instructions (docx)
   • Insect Design Assignment Rubric (docx)
4. Save Storyboard Template to your computer. Work directly on this document. Print it out, draw on it, and then scan and save it to your computer to upload under Assignment Submission: Insect Design before deadline.
   • Storyboard Directions and Template (docx)

References

1. Omenetto, Fiorenzo. “Silk, the Ancient Material of the Future.” Fiorenzo Omenetto:. N.p., Mar. 2011. Web.
2. Full, Robert. “The Secrets of Nature’s Grossest Creatures, Channeled into Robots.” Robert Full:. N.p., Mar. 2014. Web.
3. Herkewitz, William. “This Tiny Bug Has a Gear in Its Leg.” Popular Mechanics. N.p., 12 Sept. 2013. Web.