Science   -   Habitats
LS.2C. Examine interrelationships among plants, animals, and their environment.
10. Select the plants and animals found in a specific environment

Worksheets (if needed) http://www.edhelper.com/animals.htm

Activities for Any Day

• Animal Stamps

• Folder Activity Where's My Home (Students sort animals into ocean, desert, forest, or rain forest.)

Day 1 Desert

Worksheets in Packet (Yellow Pages)

• Habitats - Definition of a Habitat

• Desert Outline Map

• Deserts of the World Map

United Streaming-The Magic School Bus All Dried Up

Online Desert Jigsaw Puzzle http://www.desertusa.com/puz/puzzle.html

Day 2 Ocean

Worksheet in Packet  (Blue Page)

• Ocean Habitat

United Streaming-The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top

Book - The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor

Games
http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/games/habitat.html

http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/games/seashore_concentration.html

Dolphin Jigsaw Puzzle http://www.meandmephoto.com/Extras/UWPuzzle/PuzSpinD.html

Connect the Dots - Sea Horse http://www.enchantedlearning.com/cgi-bin/Dots.cgi/Seahorse

Ocean Game http://www.gold-online-games.com/games/adventure/the-ocean.html

Day 3 Polar Regions

Worksheets in Packet (Pink Pages)

• Polar Habitat

• Ten pages with Sentence Strips ( You may cut the sentences apart and practice reading. Students may draw pictures of one or more of the sentences.)

Give students strips to sort and place in the correct place on the diagram. You can also use a three column chart with the words: Arctic, Antarctic, Both.
http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/polar_venn.pdf

Make Polar Bears

Day 4 Woodland Forest

Worksheets in Packet (Green Pages)

• Mixed Forest Habitat

• In the Woods

• At Home in the forest Community

• Pond Habitat

Ideas for you http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/forest.htm

Game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/habitats.shtml

Salmon Sally's Upstream Sprint http://www.ran.org/fileadmin/materials/education/sally/

Folder Activity - Animal Homes (Make copies of worksheet in folder if you wish to use.)

Day 5 Tropics

Worksheets in Packet (Orange Pages)

• Rainforest Around the World

• The Rainforest

Book - The Great Kapok Tree

Rainforest Poster

Hidden Pictures - Rain Forest Coloring and Activity Book (Make copies if you wish to use.)

Find hidden animals http://www.christiananswers.net/kids/find2.html

Rainforest drawing lessons (Good for Chris) http://www.chunkymonkey.com/murals/murallessons.htm