Craft-A-Long: Designing a Recycled Bird Feeder (Day 2)

DAY 2: Design

Youngers (K-3rd)

• What do you think a bird feeder should look like?
• What do you think a bird feeder or house should have?
• What shapes did you draw?
• Can you create a design that uses a circle, triangle, rectangle, square or polygon?

Guiding questions:

• How many birds can you count?
• How many different types birds can you find? (For 2-3rd, download the Audubon bird app below for identification of different birds).

Upper Elementary (3rd-6th)

Thinking questions:

• What type of bird feeder would be the sturdiest for a bird?
• Would a light bird (Hummingbird) need a different structure than a heavier bird (Pigeon)?
• Research different types of bird feeders and adjust your drawing based on what you discover.

Draw two different types of birdhouses/birdfeeders.