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Habitats

Week 1 · Unit 1 · 1.1 · 3 lessons
1

What is a habitat?

Workbook 2: Topic 1.1, pp. 2–4
GoalSay that a habitat is the natural home of a plant or animal, and name some animals and plants that live in a habitat.
New words
habitat · the natural home of an animal or a plantliving thing · a plant or an animal: it grows, feeds and has youngminibeast · a very small animal, like a snail, an ant or a worm
Explanation

Every plant and animal lives in a place that suits it. That place is called its habitat. A pond is a habitat for ducks, frogs and fish. A tree is a habitat for birds, squirrels and beetles. Under an old log is a habitat for worms and snails. In its habitat a living thing can find what it needs to stay alive. Some habitats are big, like a forest. Some are tiny, like the space under a stone.

a pond habitat
Worked examples
treebirdsquirrelbeetle
A tree is a habitat. Birds build nests in its branches, a squirrel finds nuts there, and beetles live under its bark.
logwormsnail
Lift an old log gently and you may find worms, snails and beetles. The dark, damp ground under the log is their habitat.
A fish could not live in a tree, and a squirrel could not live in a pond. Each living thing needs its own kind of habitat.
Class activity

Habitat walk (with an adult): go into a garden, park or school yard. Look in three places: on a tree, in the grass and under a stone. Count the living things you see in each place. Put every stone back gently and wash your hands afterwards.

Practice
1
What is a habitat?
2
Which of these animals has a pond as its habitat?
ABC
3
Name two minibeasts you might find under a log.
4
Is this tree a habitat? Why?