Animals and Where They Live
What sites or areas did animals use for sleep, meals and hiding? Young students will have a chance to learn about the different homes animals pick for themselves, including nests, under the ground and even in water. By the end of this section, learners will recognize that each animal has something special that provides shelter, warmth and safety.
What Are the Objectives for Student Learning?
Living Spaces for Animals Around the World
Understand that various animals call nests, dens, shells, webs, hives and water their homes.
Assigning Animals Their Proper Environment:
Be ready to understand that birds build their homes in nests, bears live in caves, bees have hives and fish live in water.
What Makes Homes Important:
Keep in mind that animal homes guard animals from weather and other animals and provide places for them to raise their young.
How Animals Find or Build a Home for Themselves:
Discover the methods animals use to find homes, along with those that build their own shelters.
These activities will make learning fun:
Match the animals with the buildings where they live.
Lessons on how animals setup their living places.
For example, making bird nests or beehives from sheets of paper.
Stories and poems describing where animals live.
Taking nature walks is a good way to discover animal nests, holes or webs.