Title
Simplest Possible Bird Feeder
Description
Year 9 Modified Curriculum
Key Stage 3
Area Mechanisms
Objectives
To make the students consider the simplest way of using scrap materials to make a bird feeder to encourage birds into the students garden at home. The feeder must hold a reasonable quantity of seed.
Equipment Required
Full range of workshop tools and materials plus a quantity of small plastic bottles brought in by the students.
Richard Murray
Abbey Hill School Technology College
Plan
Discuss the sorts of foodstuffs that birds like. List them on the board. Select from these the best to use, and why, when filling a bird feeder.
There should be provision for gripping the container or perching and the container should be able to be sited in a place if not free from cats, then safe from them. Keeping the food clean and the ease of filling should also be considered.
The students should sketch a number of possible feeders perhaps referring to the materials on display while they do so. The students should produce a final design and work plan.
The students may now begin construction. Assistance, individual or group will be available as required.
The completed feeders may be tested in a quiet area of the school grounds and any required modifications noted in files.
