Building for Birdie
Lesson: 60 minutes; Unit: 150 minutes; Activity: 30 minutes
Apply knowledge of shapes to build a bird home that is structurally sound.
Resources
Lesson: 60 minutes
Unit: 150 minutes
Activity: 30 minutes
Objectives:
- Design and build a home for a displaced bird.
- Identify and explain how shapes are used for stability in a structure.
- Compare and contrast bird home examples and models.
The Tech Academies
This activity was developed in partnership with educators from The Tech Academies Fellowship program. Tech Academy Fellows learn to be leaders of STEM education while designing and testing resources to be shared with other educators.
Standards alignment
- Engineering Design
- Science and Engineering Practices
- Cross Cutting Concepts
- Disciplinary Core Ideas
- English Language Arts: Reading
