Students will launch the engineering project by investigating what makes a creative birdhouse safe, functional, and likely to support local cavity-nesting birds.

Students will apply bird-shelter science and the engineering design cycle to compare measured concepts, select and justify a blueprint, safely construct a functional birdhouse prototype, and use quantitative test evidence, peer feedback, and reflection to improve it.

Students will present, evaluate, and reflect on their tested birdhouses at a culminating design expo, using evidence to explain how their engineering skills and products improved.