Week 9 - Build a Birdhouse

Using SketchUp for Schools

with video for the Birdhouse Part 1 & Part 2

Task: Create Birdhouse Plans

Specifications

Part 1 - Birdhouse Specifications

Part 2 - Dimensioned Cut-Board

Part 3 - 3-View of Birdhouse

Required Instructions

Optional Instructions

Task: Create Birdhouse Plans

Now that she has her own personalized watering can, Sophie would like you to design a bird house that she could build from pieces cut from a single 6 inch wide 1 inch thick board. She wants a birdhouse design that is most attractive to house sparrows.

Specifications

Part 1 - Birdhouse Specifications

All of the parts to the birdhouse except for the perch must be cut from a 6" wide by 1" thick board.
No part of the bird house can be longer than 12".
The bird house must have a sloped roof that overhangs a 2 1/2" long perch.
House sparrows desire entrance holes that are around 2" in diameter about 6" above the floor.
House sparrows desire a floor area between 4"x 4" to 5"x 5".
Your name on the bird house underneath the perch (3D Text tool).
The overall width, length, and height of the birdhouse are dimensioned.
Standard Turn-in: Submit to Canvas PNG Images that shows the specifications were met on the Birdhouse.

Part 2 - Dimensioned Cut-Board

Lay out each of the component parts in a line as it would be cut out of a 6" wide, 1" thick board (6' x 6" x 1").
Each of the major parts must be labeled and dimensioned.
The diameter of the hole is dimensioned.
Standard Turn-in: Submit to Canvas PNG Images that shows the specifications were met for the Cut-Board.