Animals and Habitats

1. Animals and Habitats By: Sara Tippit

2. Content Area: Science • Grade Level:2nd Grade • Summary: The purpose of the PowerPoint is for students to learn that animals live in different places. • Learning Objective: Given questions in the PowerPoint, the student will be able to answer the questions about animals living in different places with 100% accuracy. • Content Standard: GLE 0207.2.2 Investigate living things found in different places. • Accomplishment: The students will gain an understanding of animals and their habitats and answer the questions within the PowerPoint.

3. What is a Habitat? • A habitat is a place where a living thing lives. • Different animals live in different habitats. • There are four things that an animal needs to survive in its habitat. • food • water • shelter • oxygen

4. What Do You Know? Take out a sheet of paper and try to name three different animals from three different habitats. Example: A camel lives in the desert.

5. Forest Animals • Two types of forests: • Deciduous Forest- where many trees grow with enough rainfall and seasons change • Rainforest- receives rain almost everyday and top of trees receive more sunlight than the bottom Rabbit Bear Raccoon Bald Eagle Deer Bengal Tiger • Toucan Python Gorilla

6. Grassland & Animals • Dominated by grasses • Takes place on flat or rolling land • Has periods of rain followed by periods of drought Elephant Giraffe Vulture Baboon Lion Zebras

7. Desert & Animals • Very Dry and receives little to no rain fall each year • Temperatures are high during the day making it very hot • Very little vegetation is grown Scorpion Rattlesnake Ostrich Camels Kangaroo

8. Marine & Animals • Covers 70% of the Earth and is the biggest habitat • Includes five oceans and other Bays and Gulfs • Pacific Ocean • Atlantic Ocean • Indian Ocean • Arctic Ocean • Southern Ocean • Water is very salty • Ocean plays a big role in weather Shark Whale Dolphin Fish Squid Octopus

9. Arctic Animals • Short days most of the year • Harsh cold climate with strong winds • Known as “Arctic Desert” • Small amounts of perception • Most of the ground remains frozen called permafrost Polar Bear Penguins Lynx Snowy Owl Red Fox

10. What Did You Learn? • Question 1: Which of the following do animals need to survive in their habitat? • Food • Water • Shelter • Oxygen • All of the above • Question 2: The Arctic Tundra receives how much rain fall each year? • Very little rain fall • Enough rain fall • Plenty of rain fall

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12. What Did You Learn? • Question 3 Which habitat does the baboon, loin, zebra, and elephant belong in? • Desert • Forest • Grassland • Arctic Tundra • None of these • Question 4 Which animal lives in the Arctic Tundra habitat? • Gorilla • Polar Bear • Dolphin • Kangaroo

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14. Conclusion • You have now learned about five distinct habitats and several animals that live in them. Can you think of any other animals to put in each habitat that were not listed?

15. Resources Happenin' Habitats | What Is Habitat? - Habitat Types. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://happeninhabitats.pwnet.org/what_is_habitat/habitat_types.php#1 Idaho Public Television (2014). Habitat Facts - Dialogue for Kids (Idaho Public Television). Retrieved from http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season10/habitat/facts.cfm Kids Do Ecology (2004). KDE Santa Barbara. Retrieved from http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/marine.html Microsoft Office (2014). Office - Office.com. Retrieved from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/?CTT=97

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