Habitants booklet
Habitants booklet
- Unit 1: Environments & habitants
- Unit 2: Forces & movement
- Unit 3: Getting materials right
- Unit 4: Humans and animals grow
- Unit 5: Light
- Unit 6: Electricity
This topic is about habitats...
- I will explore the environment to find where living things live.
- I will talk about the different living things that share a habitat.
- I will compare two habitats near my home or school.
- I will make a simple model of a habitat.
- I will observe carefully and record what I see in drawings.
I am getting ready to be a habitat explorer!
Key Words
- compare
- environment
- habitat
- home
- label
- model
- local
Tap to learn the meanings
- compare: To look at two or more things carefully to see how they are the same or different.
- environment: The surroundings where a person, animal or plant lives.
- habitat: The natural place where a living thing normally lives and grows.
- home: The place where a person or animal lives most of the time.
- label: A short word or phrase you write to show what something is.
- model: A simple copy or drawing that helps us understand a real object or place.
- local: Something that is close to where you live or go to school.
Use these words when you talk and write about different habitats around you.
🌍 Homes for Living Things
Each living thing needs a place to live. We call this place the living thing’s habitat.
💡 What a Habitat Provides
A habitat gives the living thing everything it needs to live.
🌱 A Wall as a Habitat
The plant’s habitat is a wall. The wall is its home.
🌱 The Plant Has What It Needs
The plant has everything it needs to live.
🌱 What the Plant Needs
It needs light, water, soil and air.
🌱 A Very Small Habitat
It has a very small habitat.
🦅 The Eagle’s Habitat
The eagle’s habitat is around forests and lakes. Here, the eagle finds everything it needs to live.
🦅 What the Eagle Needs
It needs food, water, air and a home.
🌍 A Very Large Habitat
It has a very large habitat.
Habitat questions
1. What is the habitat of the other animals and plants in the picture?
Show answer
2. Can the animals and plants in this habitat find all they need?
Show answer
🌍 Local habitats around us
Your local environment has different habitats for different animals and plants.
🌱 Plants in their habitats
Plants grow in a habitat but they cannot move from place to place.
🦊 Animals moving in habitats
Animals can move in their habitat.
Think like a scientist — A habitat for fish
You will need: a cardboard box, card, paper, scissors, coloured pens, glue
Question: Why do we call this tank a habitat?
Method:
- Look at the fish tank and think about why it is a habitat for fish.
- Use a box to make a model of a habitat for fish.
- Give the fish everything they need.
What will you include?
Think like a scientist 2 — Looking at habitats
Look at these two habitats. Compare them. How are they different?
Why are there more plants and animals in one habitat than in the other?
Go outside to observe your local environment.
Follow-up Questions:
Tap to See Answers
- 1: One habitat is green and full of plants and water. The other is dry with fewer plants.
- 2: Plants and animals need water, food and shelter. The greener habitat provides more of these things.
- 3: Answers will vary based on what the student observed outdoors.
Great job observing like a real scientist!
Let’s Investigate! – Looking at habitats (continued)
Question: How are two habitats in our local environment different from each other?
Method:
- Talk about what the habitat is like in one place.
- Discuss: What plants grow? What animals might live here?
- Now go to a different habitat in your local environment.
- Discuss again: What plants grow? What animals might live here?
- Draw the two habitats and show that they are different.
- Add labels to your drawings.
- Talk to your friends about why these habitats are different.
How am I doing?
- Think of a local environment where we find habitats for different animals and plants.
- Share your ideas with a friend.
Great work comparing habitats and thinking like a scientist!