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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Homework Helper: Organism Needs (Habitats)

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive game asks you to identify the habitat needs of certain animals by building a suitable habitat for a parrot, lion, and beaver.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Habitats

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explore different habitats and match them to the animals that belong there. After choosing a correct animal, click on the caption to get information about it.
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Read Works

Read Works: Awesome Animal Homes

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about four different types of animal homes: mounds, nests, burrows, and lodges. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Awesome Animal Homes

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how different types of animal homes, including mounds, nests, burrows, and lodges. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Prokaryote Habitats

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the range of habitats that prokaryotes occupy.
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Wonderville Media

Wonderville: Ocean Habitats

For Students K - 1st
Habitats are places where plants and animals live. There are many different habitats in the oceans of the world. Every plant and animal in the ocean prefers a particular habitat. Learn about Ocean Habitats in this well-constructed...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Habitats of the World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site has a lesson to use to start a unit on biomes and animal habitats. This plan incorporates grasslands, temperate forests, tropical rainforests, deserts, polar ice regions, and tidepools.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Habitats

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at some of the different habitats that are home to many plants and animals including black bears, owls and various species of birds.
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NOAA

Noaa: Ocean Facts on Marine Fish Habitats

For Students 9th - 10th
The depletion of marine fish habitats from NOAA affects more than just the fish - it can affect you too! Learn facts about the importance of habitat preservation for science, and for people like you.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Habitats: Human's Influence on the Land

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners will investigate two different habitats; one habitat is maintained in its original natural state while the other habitat is a manicured golf course. Students will identify and compare the diversity of plants and insects in those...
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Other

Glin: Habitats of the Great Lakes Region

For Students 9th - 10th
This site profiles the elements of the Great Lakes' ecosystems and habitats.
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BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Living Things: Plant and Animal Habitats

For Students 3rd - 5th
Place the aliens in the habitats where they can survive the best. Following the activity, read more about plant and animal habitats, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.
Handout
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Human and Animal Habitats

For Students 3rd - 6th
An interactive learning game where students answer whether or not certain environments would be suitable for different animals. Printable worksheets are available for review at the end of the activity.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Changes in Habitats

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A 2nd grade unit on how people and weather can change habitats. Topics include too much and too litter rain (flooding and drought), lightning and fire, and land, water, and air pollution. This flipchart...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Plant and Animal Habitats

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson explains plant and animal habitats with brilliant pictures and photos. It also includes discussion and non-Activote questions.
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Read Works

Read Works: Habitats Zoos

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about zoos and the learning experience they provide. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Exploring Habitats Through Music Composition [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this lesson, students will learn about rondo form and practice a chant. After learning about the structure of the chant, they will work in small groups to create a chant about a habitat. The chants will then be combined with the...
Handout
World Wildlife Fund for Nature

Wwf: Our Earth: Ecoregions: Habitats: Polar Regions

For Students 3rd - 8th
A simple introduction and overview of the polar regions. Includes a link to information about animals that live in a polar habitat.
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Read Works

Read Works: Hidden Habitats

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the discovery of a new species of bat. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Hidden Habitats

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about an endangered species of bats found in a cave in Oklahoma. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Animal Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive image-rich field guide to marine habitats and inhabitants, with detailed descriptions and "cool facts" about each.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Animals: Food Chains, Characteristics, and Habitats Around the Worl

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a great introduction to ways animals get food, characteristics of animals, habitats around the world. It contains pictures that will help students understand life cycles and where to...
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Other

Habitats of the Andes Mountains

For Students 9th - 10th
Great general information about the Andes Mountains. Excellent photos to go along with the info.
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Other

National Wildlife Federation: Happenin' Habitats: What Is Habitat?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Find an overview of what a habitat is exactly. Then, for more information, click in the left hand menu for different types of habitat: forests, grasslands, deserts, wetlands, and arctic tundra. Authors also offer advice on creating a...

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