Take a walk on the wild side with a project about animal habitats. After kids observe a chosen animal in its home, they describe the animal's food and water sources, shelter, and how it raises its young. They then write a short fictional story about the animal.

Concepts

nature, wildlife, animal offspring, habitats

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Have kids complete the activity after a trip to the zoo, natural history museum, or another venue where they observe animals
• Augment your learners' observations with some online research about their animals of choice
• Create an outdoor classroom based on the habitat of your state, including animals that kids can watch and learn about

Classroom Considerations

• This is based on an outdoor classroom in Alabama, but you could easily modify the activity to your own classroom needs

Pros

• A fun way for kids to apply what they learn in the classroom to a natural habitat
• The outdoor classroom project would be engaging for learners of all levels

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.2.3 W.3.3.a W.4.3.a