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Challenge 069 · Ages 1116

Bird House Kit

Design a flat-pack birdhouse.

Primary STEAM area

Engineering

The Challenge

What will your learner investigate?

Can you design a flat-pack birdhouse. and explain the choices that make your solution effective?

Learning outcomes

  • Define the design problem and identify useful constraints.
  • Build or model a solution using an iterative engineering process.
  • Test performance, analyse evidence and improve the design.

Connected learning

Design & Technology: structures and fabrication; Science: habitats and animals; Mathematics: measurement; Geography: local biodiversity.

Dream Areas

Product designcarpentryarchitectureconservationenvironmental design