Unit 3 BIOMIMICRY: A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION?

2/ SHARK SKIN
A- Look at the picture, imagine what the specialist invented.
He may have invented + GN
He may have invented a way to + VB

B- Watch the video entitled Shark skin here: https://padlet.com/MissBouvene/biomimicry

and answer the following questions. True or false?

1) In hospitals, superbugs are forming because we don’t use enough antibiotics.

True False
2) The solution would be to get rid of bacteria without killing them.
True False
3) Bacteria can land on the surface of the Galapagos shark
True False
4) A company named Sharklet has created thin films that can be used in hospitals.
True False

C- Match each word with the correct translation:

To land on Super bactéries
Chemicals un motif
A pattern Des produits chimiques
Superbugs atterir sur

D- Use the following words to sum up the video.

Company – studied - bacteria – films - discovered – repel – chemicals
Ex: A company named Sharklet ……
Consequently they created…. in order to ……

C- The pattern discovered by Anthony Brennan’s team was also reproduced on swimming-suits. Imagine
why.