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Challenge 069 · Ages 11–16
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