3.2 | The Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop

Content Standard: CT Science: 3.2

Organisms can survive and reproduce only in environments that meet their basic needs.

Sustainable House

Construct a birdhouse of sustainably harvested pine and re-used plywood. Learn the measurements of adapting house to species. Learn to site house for temperature and security. Learn annual recycling. Learn sensible building choices for birds (and people) Or a birdfeeder. ($9)

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Magnetic Pendulum

All creatures live in a web of resources that suport or suppress their growth. Create a dynamic model of an insect’s or bird’s world. Suspend a magnetized creature on a pendulum. Add food and shelter (with magnets) that attract the creature and predators and hazards that repel it. The creature navagates a complex and fascinating path.

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Connecticut Clipper

In the first half of the 19th century, Connecticut joined the race to California and China in sleek, bold Clipper Ships. Construct a model clipper with a hold to export and import cargo that built Connecticut's industry and commerce.

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