{"id":535,"date":"2026-09-25T16:02:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T16:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/?page_id=535"},"modified":"2026-10-18T02:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T02:51:04","slug":"classroom-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/classroom-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-css wp-custom-css-ceff9643\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/10\/professionaldev.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-574\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Professional Development&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Give students an authentic reason to connect science and engineering.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biomimicry invites students to study how structures in nature serve a function, then use what they learn to tackle a design challenge. Our professional development helps middle school educators build that experience into their own curriculum.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can tailor the professional development to your school or district\u2019s goals and schedule.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Interested in bringing biomimicry to your teachers?<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a> to explore professional development options.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/10\/bannerbio-copy6-1024x149.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/10\/bannerbio-copy6-1024x149.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/10\/bannerbio-copy6-300x44.png 300w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/10\/bannerbio-copy6-768x112.png 768w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/10\/bannerbio-copy6-1536x224.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/10\/bannerbio-copy6-2048x298.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional Development&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Give students an authentic reason to connect science and engineering.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Biomimicry invites students to study how structures in nature serve a function, then use what they learn to tackle a design challenge. Our professional development helps middle school educators build that experience into their own curriculum.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We can tailor the professional development to your school or district\u2019s goals and schedule.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Interested in bringing biomimicry to your teachers? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a> to explore professional development options.\u00a0  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/classroom-resources\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"139,1,106,218","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-535","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":984,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535\/revisions\/984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biomimicry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}