Bird Beak Engineering Design Kit

The Bird Beak EDP Kit immerses students in the world of Hawai‘i’s endemic birds through a hands-on engineering design challenge. Students use a variety of materials to design, build, and test bird beaks tailored to specific food types—modeling the relationships between form and function. The lesson integrates natural selection, adaptation, and biodiversity while applying the full Engineering Design Process (EDP).

This kit includes bird “food” items, and an EDP notebook that guides learners to document their process, test different designs, and reflect on how birds have evolved to survive in unique ecological niches across Hawai‘i.