New
New
Year 2

Animal habitats

I can explain why different animals live in different habitats.

New
New
Year 2

Animal habitats

I can explain why different animals live in different habitats.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. A habitat is where a group of plants and animals live.
  2. A habitat provides the things an animal or plant needs to survive.
  3. Most living things live in habitats to which they are suited.
  4. Different animals live in different habitats, depending on their basic needs.

Common misconception

An animal’s habitat is like its ‘home’. Habitats can be divided into 'hot' and 'cold' habitats.

Examples and photographs showing different habitats.

Keywords

  • Animals - An animal is a living thing which moves and eats other animals or plants.

  • Living things - Something that is alive. It can grow, breathe, reproduce, move, feed and excrete waste material.

  • Habitat - The place where a plant or animal lives is called its habitat.

  • Suitable - Someone or something that is suitable for a particular purpose or occasion is right or acceptable for it.

  • Basic needs - A living thing's basic needs must be met for them to stay alive.

There are many online live streams of different animal habitats, e.g. osprey nests, fox dens and aquatic habitats, that the children can watch that will really bring this lesson to life.
Teacher tip

Equipment

Addressed envelopes, postcard templates, paper, pencils or pens.

Content guidance

  • Exploration of objects

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Loading...

6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these is a living thing?
a toy elephant
a kite
Correct answer: a worm
Q2.
To stay alive, living things need food, air and ...
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: water, water.
Q3.
Which of these is a non-living thing?
a woodpecker
a fallen leaf
Correct answer: a toy caterpillar
Q4.
These leaves have fallen from a tree. How would we describe these leaves?
An image in a quiz
The leaves are alive.
Correct answer: The leaves are dead.
The leaves have never been alive.
Q5.
Scientists can sort things into alive and not alive. This is called ...
An image in a quiz
measuring.
researching.
Correct answer: grouping.
Q6.
Izzy is grouping things into alive, dead and never alive. Which things should she put into the never alive group?
An image in a quiz
the giraffe and the plant
Correct answer: the mug and the toy ladybird
the dead roses and the skull
the skull and the mug

6 Questions

Q1.
What is the name for a place where plants and animals live?
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: habitat
Q2.
What is a living thing?
An image in a quiz
A living thing is something that is dead.
Correct answer: A living thing is something that is alive.
A living thing is something that has never been alive.
Q3.
Why do living things live in different habitats?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: Living things need to live in a habitat that meets their basic needs.
Living things like living in different habitats.
Living things cannot travel to new habitats.
Q4.
A seal's habitat is near to the sea. Why is this a good place for a seal to live?
An image in a quiz
Seals like to sunbathe.
Correct answer: Seals eat sea creatures.
Seals are good swimmers.
Seals like the light from lighthouses.
Q5.
Why is a penguin not suited to living in a woodland?
An image in a quiz
A penguin lays eggs.
Correct answer: A penguin eats fish.
A penguin can swim.
A penguin can't fly.
Q6.
Match each animal to its habitat.
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer:clownfish,coral reef

coral reef

Correct Answer:squirrel,woodland

woodland

Correct Answer:polar bear,the Arctic

the Arctic

Correct Answer:iguana,rainforest

rainforest

Q5 "Southern (Eastern) Rockhopper Penguin" by laikolosse is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Additional material

Download additional material
We're sorry, but preview is not currently available. Download to see additional material.