Research Keyword: interdisciplinary education

Harmonizing Nature, Education, Engineering and Creativity: An Interdisciplinary Educational Exploration of Engineered Living Materials, Artistry and Sustainability Using Collaborative Mycelium Brick Construction

This study shows how middle-school students can learn science, engineering, and art together by growing and building with mycelium, a fungal material that can replace plastic and other harmful materials. Students designed shapes, created molds, cultivated living mycelium bricks under sterile conditions, and assembled them into an artistic structure. The hands-on experience helped students develop practical skills like precise measuring and 3D thinking while learning about sustainability and nature’s cycles.

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Harmonizing Nature, Education, Engineering and Creativity: An Interdisciplinary Educational Exploration of Engineered Living Materials, Artistry and Sustainability Using Collaborative Mycelium Brick Construction

Middle-school students created artistic structures from mycelium (mushroom) materials, learning science, engineering, and art simultaneously. Students designed clay forms, cast them in plaster, filled the molds with mycelium mixture, and watched the living material grow into interconnected sculptures. This hands-on project taught students about sustainable materials, three-dimensional thinking, and teamwork while revealing significant gaps in their understanding of ecology and environmental concepts.

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