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Engineering Constraint: Constraints are limitations on the design. These may be materials available, the cost of the materials, the amount of time they have to develop the solution, etc
Habitat: a place that an animal lives. It provides the animal with food, water and shelter Recyclable: able to be recycled. Recycling is the process of taking materials ready to be thrown away and converting (changing) them into reusable materials |
Procedures:
For this challenge, your child will be building a bird feeder by re-using materials found around your home. You can get some ideas from the pictures below (or Google search DIY bird feeder. DIY stands for Do It Yourself - homemade)!
Discussion Questions:
Discussion Questions:
- What bird are you most interested in?
- What does that bird eat?
- What problems might we have with building a feeder for our bird?
- Sketch your idea for helping your bird get the food it need
- What recyclable materials might you use?
- What time of day would food need to be in your bird feeder? Why?
- Where are you placing your bird feeder? Explain.
- What other changes might you make to your bird feeder?