Animals & Their Habitats
Create a habitat with your body and props, while the others create the animals to move in, around and through the habitat.
Resources
- Drum (for “We’re going on safari”)
- I See a Kookaburra!: Discovering Animal Habitats Around the World by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
- Desert: The Reptile Room by Pachakuti
- Tide Pool: Agua Clara by Pachakuti
- Jungle: Valley of the Dreams by John Tesh
- Savanna: Banjo Special by Spokes Mashiyane
- Forest: Spirit of the Forest by Baka Beyond
- Pond: Espana by Patrick O’Hearn
- Savanna: Swimming noodles
- Tide Pool: Blue sheer or satin tricot
- Jungle: Leaves and flowers
- Desert: Short PVC pipes for cactus needles
Fine Art Standards
- DANCE STANDARD 2: The student will identify and demonstrate movement elements (time, space, energy and motion) in performing dance.
- DANCE STANDARD 3: The student will improvise, create, perform, and respond to movement solutions in the art form of dance.
Integrated Standards
- SCIENCE STANDARD 4: OBJECTIVE 1: a. Compare and contrast the characteristics of living things in different habitats.
- b. Develop, communicate, and justify an explanation as to why a habitat is or is not suitable for a specific organism.
Objectives
Second grade students will understand what a habitat is and that different animals live in different habitats around the world. They will also understand that animals have different traits that help them survive that habitat.