Build a Nest
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Birds use their beaks to arrange materials into a nest. Use the beak tools to make a small nest.
Is it easy? Which materials worked best? Which materials were easiest to pick up? Do differently shaped beaks make a difference? How would that affect what kind of nest a bird could build? Would a differently shaped beak also play a part in what a bird can eat? Why? |
Encourage your students to spread out, and to figure out what their tool can do that nobody else's tool can do.
The pliers can cut sticks with the wire cutting portion. The thing that looks like a whisk is meant for picking up hard boiled eggs. This means that even though it looks like a flimsy tool, it can actually pick up round rocks better than any other tool. The smallest tools will be able to make small, intricate nests. Encourage your students to use their tool the way it was designed, just like they would if it were a beak. |
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