Binder Clips Chop Sticks Clothes Pins Masking Tape Paper Clips Squares of Screen Material Toothpicks Other Materials: Paper Plates which represent feeding ground (optional to cover with Easter grass or other material) Bird Food: raisins, bird seed, thin rubber bands, bean seeds Cup (represents bird’s stomach) Stopwatch Each group of students is to do research, brainstorm with ideas, Building of the 4 5 Product come to a consensus and using from the materials provided, build Best a (Prototype, model a model of their bird beak. Each group must create a technical Select Step Step or Artifact): diagram of their model bird beak. Possible the Testing of the Groups will test their model of the bird beak multiple times (six Product times) using the plate of food (represents one of the islands) they (Prototype, model choose. Students will complete a data analysis. the or Artifact): Peer-Review Why did you choose this design and materials for your bird 6 Questions: beak? Evaluate Does your model perform the way you expected? Step Solution(s) What are the strengths and weaknesses of your model? and What role does natural selection play in the evolution of Test birds? Project Summary: Provide a description and explanation of their model and summarize how the model performed during testing. Students the must also include their technical diagram. 7 Presentation of Present your technical diagram of their bird beak model and Step Final Solution: explain the results of how their design performed during testing. Solution(s) Students should present like they talking to the members of the Communicate bird organization which focuses on the survival of bird species. Re-designing of Based on peer reviews, teacher input, and analysis of proposed the Prototype solution, the students are to re-design and rebuild a prototype of 8 their design. Step Redesign
Binder Clips Chop Sticks Clothes Pins Masking Tape Paper Clips Squares of Screen Material Toothpicks Other Materials: Paper Plates which represent feeding ground (optional to cover with Easter grass or other material) Bird Food: raisins, bird seed, thin rubber bands, bean seeds Cup (represents bird’s stomach) Stopwatch Step 4 Select the Best Possible Step 5 a Building of the Product (Prototype, model or Artifact): Each group of students is to do research, brainstorm with ideas, come to a consensus and using from the materials provided, build a model of their bird beak. Each group must create a technical diagram of their model bird beak. Step 6 Test and Evaluate the Solution(s) Testing of the Product (Prototype, model or Artifact): Groups will test their model of the bird beak multiple times (six times) using the plate of food (represents one of the islands) they choose. Students will complete a data analysis. Peer-Review Questions: Why did you choose this design and materials for your bird beak? Does your model perform the way you expected? What are the strengths and weaknesses of your model? What role does natural selection play in the evolution of birds? Step 7 Communicate the Solution(s) Project Summary: Provide a description and explanation of their model and summarize how the model performed during testing. Students must also include their technical diagram. Presentation of Final Solution: Present your technical diagram of their bird beak model and explain the results of how their design performed during testing. Students should present like they talking to the members of the bird organization which focuses on the survival of bird species. Step 8 Redesign Re-designing of the Prototype Based on peer reviews, teacher input, and analysis of proposed solution, the students are to re-design and rebuild a prototype of their design.