Land Habitats Unit Overview
Stage 1 – DESIRED RESULTS
Content Standard(s):
None: This is a continuation of our animal study which is standard
based.
Understanding Students will understand . . . the habitats in which animals
live
Essential Question(s)
What is a habitat?
How are habitats different?
How do animals get what they need to live?
Students will know. . .
Students will be able to . . .
- a habitat is a place where
- classify animals that live in
plants and animals can meet
each of the four habitats
their needs
- a woodland forest is a habitat
that gets enough rain and
sunlight for trees to grow well
- birds migrate or move to
warmer places
- Some forest animals store food
for winter
- Animals help move seeds to
new places
- A rainforest is a habitat where
it rains almost every day
- a desert is a dry habitat
- desert plants live a long time
without rain
- some desert animals get the
water they need from their
food
- the arctic is a very cold place
near the north pole
- most plants in the arctic grow
in the summer
Stage 2 – ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE
Performance Task(s)
- Students must research and report on an animal and its habitat.
- Students will be asked to match animals to the proper habitat
Key Criteria: Chapter 2 Test
Other Evidence
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Stage 3 – LEARNING PLAN
Learning Activities:
Day 1 & 2: Intro to Vocabulary words on p. B3
Read Lesson 1 B4 – B7
Students will complete lesson 1 cloze activity.
Review plant needs & animal needs
Animal/Habitat Match Activity – Concentration Game (Whole Class)
One Small Square Activity
BEGIN A CLASS CHART COMPARING DIFFERENT HABITATS
Habitats bulletin board (desert blooms,
Day 3: Read B8 – B13
Students will complete lesson 2 cloze activity.
What do we know about forests – write on a chart
Woodland Forest Activity
Desert Learning Activities:
Day 4: Read lesson
Where are the deserts (mark on a calendar)
Learn and sing desert song
Students will complete lesson cloze activity.
What do we know about Deserts –write on a chart
Water Evaporation and Desert Life – water pictures on the sidewalks
Day 5: Desert Plants – read desert story -. P. 17 desert plants worksheet
Water Storage Investigation & Lab Sheet
Make crunchy cacti
Day 6: Desert Animals – read about desert animals
Stay in Shade Investigation - Beating the Heat Worksheet
Animals worksheet
Read Deserts book
Day 8: Make desert book – A Walk in the desert
Rainforest Learning Activities:
Day 9: Read lesson
Learn song
Students will complete cloze activity
The Lungs of our world demonstration
Spice it up (smells of the rainforest
Day 10: Gifts of the Rainforest Activity
Make chocolate covered bananas
Rainforest Plants – discussion & worksheet
Rainforest Animals – animal directed drawing.
Forest Books
Day 11: Layers of a Rainforest
Learn about each layer – make layers flip book
Day 12: Layers of the Rainforest Review & Quiz
Arctic Tundra/Antartica Learning Activities
Day 13: Read Tundra lesson pgs.
Students will complete cloze activity
Learn Song
Keeping warm in the polar region (ice cubes, fan, sweater, parka, mittens, &
cave)
Ice & Icebergs
Day 14:
Polar Plants
Polar Habitats book
Who Belongs Here Quiz - ?
Grassland Learning Activities
Day 15: Make and Read Grassland books
Plants on the Savannah
Savannah Seasons (dish gardens)
Make Big Cats mask (paint later in the week)