Habitat Bound! Teacher Overview
How does an animal's habitat affect its survival?
Habitat Bound!
The western meadowlark, camel, red-eyed tree frog, and the polar bear have gotten lost from their natural habitats. Since they cannot find their way home, they cannot find food or shelter to survive. Your proactive second graders will help to save their lives by bringing these animals back to their correct habitats of either the arctic, desert, rain forest, or the woodland forest.
Sample Activity and Lesson Ideas
(Please note: You can use the four selected animals to use with the RPT or have your students select their own animal whose habitat is from either a desert, rain forest, woodland forest, and the arctic.)
Activity 1
Students will spend some time on the Student Page to review animal and habitat information by watching video clip(s) and participating in the game/quiz links.
Activity 2
Students will research the four habitats (arctic, desert, rain forest, and woodland forest) to discover what the environment is like. They then fill in the information that they have have found on this graphic organizer.
Activity 3
Students will alone or in groups, research one of the four animals that is lost and find that animal’s home. Each group member should fill in their animal web on the provided Kidspiration graphic organizer.
Activity 4
Students will create a diorama showing what an appropriate living environment would be like for their selected animal. They will need to include samples of living and non-living things that might inhabit that animal's correct habitat.
(Note: Last year the teacher provided Crayola Modeling Clay and cardboard flats for the students to create their diorama.)
Diorama directions download.
Checklist for diorama.
Group Participation Project Rubric (If this RPT is to be a group activity)
Activity 5
Students will finally present their diorama to their classmates in some type of presentation format. They are to show and explain to their audience the appropriate living environment that would be best suited for their selected animal. They might also include samples of other living and non-living things that might inhabit that animal's correct habitat as well.
Activity 1
Students will spend some time on the Student Page to review animal and habitat information by watching video clip(s) and participating in the game/quiz links.
Activity 2
Students will research the four habitats (arctic, desert, rain forest, and woodland forest) to discover what the environment is like. They then fill in the information that they have have found on this graphic organizer.
Activity 3
Students will alone or in groups, research one of the four animals that is lost and find that animal’s home. Each group member should fill in their animal web on the provided Kidspiration graphic organizer.
Activity 4
Students will create a diorama showing what an appropriate living environment would be like for their selected animal. They will need to include samples of living and non-living things that might inhabit that animal's correct habitat.
(Note: Last year the teacher provided Crayola Modeling Clay and cardboard flats for the students to create their diorama.)
Diorama directions download.
Checklist for diorama.
Group Participation Project Rubric (If this RPT is to be a group activity)
Activity 5
Students will finally present their diorama to their classmates in some type of presentation format. They are to show and explain to their audience the appropriate living environment that would be best suited for their selected animal. They might also include samples of other living and non-living things that might inhabit that animal's correct habitat as well.