Building Birds

MATERIALS FOR BIRD BUILDING:

• 4 non-bending straws.
• 6 Strips of paper. Measure and cut the first two wing-strips for the ancestral (parent) bird: 2 cm by 20 cm. Be prepared to cut more wing-strips as determined by mutations.
• Clear tape for connecting ends of paper strips with 1 cm overlap), and for attaching those wing- loops to the straws.
• Metric ruler for measuring.
• Scissors for cutting paper strips.
• Small paper clips for head-end of bird

ASSEMBLING THE ANCESTRAL BIRD (the P generation):

a. Cut two strips of paper, each 2 cm x 20 cm.

b. Loop one strip of paper with a 1 cm overlap and tape together.

c. Repeat for the other strip.

d. Tape the overlapped part of each loop 3 cm from the end of the straw (see figure 2, below) e. Place a paper clip in the straw at the head end of your bird. Mark that end "head."

Figure 2 Basic construction of an Origami Bird. You will need to insert a paper clip in one end of the straw. Label that end with ink: "head."