1 week
Project Goals
– Explain the adaptation of birds to the change of seasons;
– Show the mechanism of the flight of birds.
Teacher’s Guide
– Individual work;
– Start the lesson with the theoretical part;
– After, help the students to do the practical part;
– At the end of the lesson, students should demonstrate their work and conclude.
Safety in Steam Lessons
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Theoretical part
Among the various species of birds, there are migratory and wintering birds. Migratory birds prepare for a big journey, and wintering birds begin to prepare for the various difficulties of the periods with the change of seasons.
In spring, with the advent of warm days, migratory birds return to their native lands. At this time, they have a lot of work ahead of them. They build nests and have to hatch chicks. Different birds arrive at different times of the spring, but they arrive at the same time every year.
In summer, birds are very active and lead a familiar lifestyle. Birds are busy feeding and adapting to the life of the chicks, teaching their chicks to fly so that they and their parents fly south together.
Why do birds fly south? Indeed, in winter, their body can not tolerate severe frosts, besides, they do not have enough food in winter. Migratory birds: cranes, storks, and swallows. Geese, sparrows, cuckoos, and swans also prefer to fly to warmer climes.
But some birds can endure cold days, they are called winter birds. These birds include crows and pigeons. Sparrows, tits, and bullfinches can also live on cold days.
The birds are ready for winter. Those who stay in the winter will be prepared for harsh conditions. They collect food and seeds as preparation. Sometimes during the winter, it goes in search of fallen cones and nuts.
Birds, like us, belong to wildlife. Birds provide many benefits, for example, the woodpecker protects the wood. They call him the “forest doctor”. The swallow protects the harvest. Pigeons used to carry letters. And if so, then let’s make these birds ourselves.
Used media
<a href=’https://ru.freepik.com/vectors/winter’>Winter вектор создан(а) freepik – ru.freepik.com</a>
Photo by Vitaly Vlasov: https://www.pexels.com/photo/selective-focus-photography-of-flock-of-gray-pigeons-perched-on-wall-covered-with-snow-1599937/
Photo by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/blue-and-brown-bird-on-brown-tree-branch-under-blue-sky-46528/
Photo by Matthias Zomer: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-of-bird-perching-on-plant-325260/
Practical part
Step 1. Draw on paper a drawing of the desired bird, and draw the wings separately, as in the picture below. Color using a felt-tip pen, pencils, or paints.
Step 2. Cut out the drawn bird.
Step 3. Glue the wing to the body of the bird, using glue only in the middle of the wing, as in the picture.
Step 4 Take a thin tube and make a small cut in the middle, as in the picture.
Step 5. Insert the cut point of this tube into the body of the bird and secure it with adhesive tape on both sides.
Step 6 Now take the second thick tube and cut it in the middle so that it looks like in the picture.
Step 7. We insert it over a thin tube and glue it to the bird’s wing with tape, as in the picture.
Done, when the tube moves down and up, the wing of the birds moves.
Have each student present their work and talk about what they have done. Let them summarize today’s lesson, and talk about what birds do during the year.
Conclusion
In this project, students learned how birds adapt to the changes of the year. We understood how one year of a bird’s life goes by. And having understood the mechanism of movement of the wings, he made a bird out of simple materials. Each student was allowed to develop creative abilities, not limiting himself to fantasies. And at the end of the lesson, they developed presentation skills by presenting their work to the public.
In this project, each student will be awarded a STEAM title in two categories:
– You have studied the life of birds, the principle of the movement of their wings, you are a real biologist!
– You created incredibly beautiful birds from your imagination, you are a real artist!
Evaluation
PBL grading criterion:
Project-based learning is a learning method in which students acquire knowledge and skills by working on a single project to explore and find an answer to a genuine, interesting, and complex question, problem, or challenge.
