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KS2 Design and Technology bird feeder unit focused on designing, making and evaluating an upcycled bird feeder. This fully resourced 3-lesson unit helps pupils explore the design process while learning how recycled materials can be used to support garden birds during winter.

What’s Included
✔ 3 detailed lesson plans
✔ 3 PowerPoint presentations
✔ Exemplar bird feeder design
✔ Bird feeder types resource
✔ Starter sorting cards and signs
✔ Technical vocabulary word bank
✔ Construction guide
✔ Differentiated design worksheets (3 versions)
✔ Design worksheet exemplars
✔ Differentiated evaluation sheets (3 versions)
✔ Evaluation exemplars
✔ Example photographs of bird feeders

Lesson Overview
★ Lesson 1 - Design an upcycled bird feeder: Explore the needs of garden birds, investigate suitable recycled materials and create a labelled design with design criteria.
★ Lesson 2 - Make an upcycled bird feeder: Follow a design plan, use cutting and joining techniques safely and adapt designs during construction.
★ Lesson 3 - Evaluate a finished bird feeder: Assess the completed product against design criteria, identify strengths and suggest improvements.

Why It’s Useful
✔ Differentiated for mixed-ability classes
✔ Supports the Design and Technology design-make-evaluate process
✔ Fully resourced for classroom delivery
✔ Includes planning, making and evaluation materials
✔ Printable resources ready to use
✔ Suitable for KS2 Design and Technology units

Ideal for KS2 Design and Technology lessons, environmental education topics, sustainability projects and learning linked to wildlife and habitats. The unit can be taught as a standalone DT project or alongside science topics focusing on living things and their environments.

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KS2 Bird Feeders & Bird Scarers - Design & Technology Unit Bundle - 8 Outstanding Lessons

KS2 Design and Technology unit bundle featuring Bird Feeders and Bird Scarers. This fully resourced KS2 DT scheme of work includes 8 lessons, PowerPoints, worksheets and teacher guidance, supporting pupils through the design, make and evaluate process while developing practical design, engineering and evaluation skills linked to National Curriculum objectives. **What’s Included** ✔ 8 detailed lesson plans ✔ 8 PowerPoint presentations ✔ Worksheets and activity sheets ✔ Investigation recording sheets ✔ Design worksheets and planning templates ✔ Prototype evaluation and testing sheets ✔ Exemplar answer sheets and design examples ✔ Technical vocabulary resources, word mats and sentence starters ✔ Prompt cards and construction guides ✔ History of Bird Scarers non-fiction page ✔ Engineering Design Cycle poster ✔ Design criteria resources ✔ Bird feeder types resource and example photographs ✔ Teacher guidance materials ✔ Differentiated design and evaluation activities **Unit Overview** ★ Unit 1 – Bird Scarers (5 lessons): Investigate existing bird scarers, develop design criteria, explore materials and construction techniques, create a detailed design, build a prototype and evaluate its effectiveness through testing. ★ Unit 2 – Bird Feeders (3 lessons): Investigate the needs of garden birds, design and build an upcycled bird feeder using recycled materials, then evaluate the finished product against design criteria. **Why It’s Useful** ✔ Differentiated for mixed-ability KS2 classes ✔ Follows National Curriculum Design and Technology objectives ✔ Fully resourced for 30–60 minute lessons ✔ Includes printable and editable materials ✔ Supports the design, make and evaluate process ✔ Provides opportunities for investigation, testing and evaluation ✔ Clear progression across multiple units Ideal as a half-term KS2 Design and Technology scheme of work, a STEM topic block, wildlife or sustainability project, outdoor learning theme, or for cross-curricular links with science topics focused on living things, habitats and the environment. Units can be taught sequentially or used independently to develop design and technology skills. KS2 Design and Technology | KS2 DT bundle | Bird Feeder unit | Bird Scarers unit | design make evaluate | STEM project KS2 | scheme of work | PowerPoints and worksheets | sustainability project | wildlife habitats | engineering design process | outstanding DT unit | KS2 unit bundle

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