Animal Habitats

By: Jamissia Macklin

• Content Area: Science• Grade Level: Second• Summary: The purpose of this assignment is to help the students

understand where animals live.• Learning Objective: Given a three pictures of different habitats, the

student will be able to place the animals in the correct habitat with 100% accuracy.

• Content Standard: All life is interdependent and interacts with the environment.

• Accomplishments: The student will be able to recognize different habitats and the animals that belong there.

• GLE 0207.2.1 Investigate the habitats of different kinds of local plants and animals.

• GLE 0207.2.2 Investigate living things found in different places.

Three habitats..

• The three habitats we are focusing on today are:

Desert Arctic Ocean

What is it like to live in the desert?

• Click the link below to check out the desert!• http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=z

X0571505e0e7b725a057602&t=Deserts

What is it like to live in the Ocean?

• Click the link below to watch the video on animals in the ocean.

• http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/preschool/animals/ocean/animaloceanmovie.htm

Do NOT click the action box until you have come to this page for the second time!

Take a guess…• Which animal(s) would live in the arctic?

What is it like to live in the Arctic?

• Check out the link below to learn interesting facts about the arctic!

• http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/arctic.html

Let’s Review

• Deserts are hot and dry!• Desert Animals have light colored skin that

keeps them cool by reflecting sunlight.• Some animals that live in the desert are:

snakes, desert foxes, jackrabbits and scorpions.

• The squirrel makes it’s own shade by using it’s bushy tail.

Let’s Review!

Ocean:• Whales live in the ocean.• Some animals live at the bottom of the ocean,

while some live at the top.• Turtles, fish and octopuses also live in the ocean.• Oceans cover most of the earth.• Seaweed are plants that live in the ocean.• Fish eat seaweed.

Click the action box!

Let’s Review!

• A number of different types of animals live in the arctic, including polar bears, wolverines, squirrels, birds, walrus and seals.

• The animals survive in the cold by the bushes of fur they have on their bodies.

• So…

Now let’s practice what you know!

For the next six questions, click the mouse on the answer you think best answers the question. If you make a mistake, just follow the instructions

on the page to go back to the question.

Which animal lives in the desert?

A. SnakeB. TurtleC. BearD. Bird

Click the rattlesnake to move to the next question.

Correct

• Various kinds of snakes live in the desert, including rattlesnakes, banded snakes, and glossy snakes.

Glossy snake Banded snake Rattlesnake

Oops!

You were close, let’s see if we can find another answer. Try again!!

Deserts are hot and?

A. WetB. RainyC. DryD. Cold

Click the cactus to move to the next question.

Awesome!

Deserts are hot and dry, which makes it difficult for many plants and

animals to survive there.

Hmmm does it rain in the desert?

Try again!

I cover most of the Earth’s surface. What am I?

A. The sunB. TreesC. The OceanD. Clouds

• Oceans cover 70% of the Earth’s surface! Good job!

Superstar!

I am a plant. I live in the ocean. Some fish eat me for dinner. What am I?

A. CactusB. SunflowerC. AlgaeD. Seaweed

Cactus? Wait, I thought I lived in the desert?

Cacti live in the desert. They are made to survive in extreme heat, not

extreme water. Try again!

Click the sun to go to the next question.

Well done!

Seaweed lives in the ocean and fish survive off of it.

Being that I am a sunflower, wouldn’t I need the sun?

Try again!

Which animal lives in the Arctic?

A. Polar bearB. WolverineC. WalrusD. SealE. We all live in the Arctic!

A wolverine can survive in the arctic. But so can something else.

Try again! Click the thumbs up to go back.

Click the thumbs up to move to the next question.

Great Job!

All of these animals live in the arctic! They can survive in extreme cold

temperatures!

A walrus and seal can both survive in the arctic.

But so can something else. Try again!

A polar bear does live in the arctic. But so does something else.

Try again! Click the thumbs up to go back.

The arctic is home to the _____ pole?

A. EastB. WestC. NorthD. South

Click the snowman to move to the summary.

Very well done!

The arctic is home to the north pole.

Summary

• In this lesson, we learned about 3 different habitats: Desert, Ocean and Arctic. We are able to give characteristics about the habitat as well as animals that live there.

• We watched two videos and learned interesting facts and answered questions related to the habitats.

Works Cited http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX0571505e0e7b725a057602

&t=Deserts http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/preschool/animals/ocean/animalocea

nmovie.htm http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/arctic.html Google Images http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Arizona_el

egans_occidentalis.jpg/240px-Arizona_elegans_occidentalis.jpg

• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Crotalus_cerastes_mesquite_springs_CA.JPG/300px-Crotalus_cerastes_mesquite_springs_CA.JPG

• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Banded_snake_eel_Nick_Hobgood.jpg