Mushroom Maestros

What can YOU make out of mushrooms?​
Mention mushrooms, molds, slimes, or other fungi to kids and you're likely to get a bunch of scrunched noses and a chorus of "EWWs!" That all changes when Eben and Gavin start to explain how mushroom technology is changing the way we think about packaging, sculpture, and many other things.
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Using the game-changing mushroom-based technologies coming out of Ecovative's Mycelium Foundry as the overarching phenomenon, students explore traits, characteristics, and engineering as they ask themselves:

"How and why do traits develop and how can humans use them to solve problems and develop technology?"

Learn how to make all sorts of things out of mushrooms!

Mushroom Maestros includes:

Detailed Educator Guide, containing
  • Topic introduction and background to give you additional context.
  • Lesson planning tools and suggested pacing guides with built-in flexibility so that you can adjust as required to fit your students' needs. 
  • Cross-curricular lesson ideas to help you bring science content into ELA, math, social studies, and art. 
  • Detailed activity instructions and parts lists.

My STEM Explorer Notes™ and My STEM Stories™ student notebooks, printed in color, to accompany investigation, research and reading activities 

Materials and resource books to support hands-on investigations and research activities (see parts list below for details).

A video presentation and FireSci Chat (~10 min) by Eben as he discusses the technology, business and shares his personal story on what inspired him to turn mushrooms into packaging materials and so much more. 
*Note: Student works remain unaltered and in draft form.
Video tutorial for the mushroom materials hands-on investigation. 

Unlimited 12-month access to digital resources including all printed and video materials. 

Unlimited technical support from CreositySpace - Our scientists and engineers are available to help with any questions you might have.

Below is the description of the investigations and the NGSS standards fully addressed by the Mushroom Maestros unit.

Questions? Email us at Sales@CreositySpace.com.
Mushroom Maestros Unit Summary
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