The Hands-On Learner
My Weekend Bird Feeder Project
Written by a 9-year-old home-educated student. The project was the building. The learning was everything else.
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- 02Planning the bird feeder
- 03Building it
- 04Watching the birds
- 05The squirrel problem
- 06How nature is connected
- 07My observation notebook
- 08Problems and improvements
- 09What this project taught me
- 10Conclusion
- 11Where to go from here.