Animal Trap (David Bird)

Can you build a better animal trap?

NGSS Standards:

Defining and delimiting engineering problems involves stating the problem to be solved as clearly as possible in terms of criteria for success, and constraints or limits.

Designing solutions to engineering problems begins with generating a number of different possible solutions, then evaluating potential solutions to see which ones best meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Optimizing the design solution involves a process in which solutions are systematically tested and refined and the final design is improved by trading off less important features for those that are more important.

Scientists trap animals all the time for research. In most cases the traps are designed so the animal is not harmed.

We are a group of scientists tracking the population of the channel island fox. In order to track them we need to catch them and tag them.

We need to design a trap that will catch the fox without harming it

Once the fox is caught we will tag it and set it free to be tracked

My Trap

Materials:

Coffee Can

Straw

Stick

Hot Glue

Now can you build a better one?

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