STEM Project GRAZIELA JANG 7 TH GRADE Create

STEM Project GRAZIELA JANG 7 TH GRADE

Create a home: Bird House PROBLEM: American Goldfinch birds needs a shelter to live in Graziela Jang

Project Challenge: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE BIRDHOUSE FOR AMERICAN GOLDFINCH BIRDS Graziela Jang

Background Research • An American Goldfinch is a North-American bird in the finch family. • American Goldfinch birds are about 4 -5 inches in length (≈10 -13 cm). • To interact with each other, they open their beaks and chirp a call that sounds like “po-ta-to-chip. ” • Its bright yellow color can be caused by pigments of its diets. • These birds live for about 11 years. • The female bird is responsible for making the nest. • Their scientific name is Carduelis tristis. • They mainly eat sunflower seeds and like to drink water with sugar Graziela Jang

Materials • BOX OF STYROFOAM (AT LEAST 15 CM BY 25 CM WITH 15 CM DEEP WITH A THICKNESS OF ABOUT 2. 5 CM) • 2 PIECES OF CARDBOARD (ABOUT 20 CM BY 30 CM) • STRING ( AT LEAST 1 METER LONG) • 1/2 PIECE OF A CHURRASCO STICK (YOU WILL NEED 2) • LIQUID GLUE • 2 SMALL BOWLS • HAY • WATER WITH SUGAR • BIRD FOOD (SUNFLOWER SEEDS) Graziela Jang

Procedure 1. First, grab one of your cardboard pieces (20 by 30) as the base and glue the bottom (under) part of the styrofoam (15 by 25) box to the base of the cardboard (lining it up so the box is "inside" the base) 2. After, for the roof, grab your other piece of cardboard (orientation: portrait) and your box (with the base) and glue the left vertical TOP side of the box with the left vertical side of the cardboard together. 3. Then, since the right vertical TOP side is not yet glued, tilt that side up, and with your 2 pieces of cardboard, stick each one of them to the two corners on the right vertical TOP side leaving out about 4 - 5 cm. 4. Next, with the right vertical side of the cardboard roof (that is tilted), push it down till the two sticks pierce each corner of the cardboard. 5. After that, for the door, with the left horizontal side of the box, carefully cut a circle (with a diameter of about 10 -15 cm) 6. Then, grab your two bowls and glue it beside the door, later filling each one of them with water and food 7. Next, fill the inside of the house with hay. 8. After, to decorate the house, grab some flowers and stick them on the walls of the styrofoam house, or glue them to the walls. 9. Lastly, grab your string and cut it to 4 equal pieces. Glue each end to each corner of the base, and with the other end, tie them together so you can hang it somewhere. Graziela Jang

Solution summary To summarize the solution for this project, I researched about these birds so I could accommodate them in a safe house and grabbed materials at home I could recycle or reuse to make an efficient house for these birds. I also included their essentials like food and water in order for them to feed themselves. Graziela Jang

AMOUNT: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 0 birds 1 birds 0 birds 6 5 Project outcomes (data) 4 3 2 1 0 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Graziela Jang

Benefits of the project • These birds would be safer • Safe from predators • Enough food and water • Safe from having their eggs fall • Befriending with us Graziela Jang

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