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Home Sweet Habitat
Draw an animal in its habitat and label the four things it needs: food, water, shelter and space.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Math and science
- Kids practice
- living things’ needs, habitats, labeling a diagram
What kids do
“Every animal needs a good home. Draw one and show what it needs to survive.”
- My animal and its habitat:
- Draw the animal at home. Label food, water, shelter and space.
- I labeled
- What would happen if one of those were missing?
How to run it
- Give each table a different habitat: desert, ocean, rainforest, polar, backyard.
- Labels need arrows pointing to the right thing.
- Use a library book or the animal facts on each free drawing page for research.
Talk about it
- Which need is hardest to find in your habitat?
- How do people change habitats?
- What does our classroom pet (or we) need?
Take it further
Draw the same animal in the wrong habitat and explain what goes wrong.
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