Lesson video

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another lesson with me, Ms Sidenius.

I'm really excited today to be teaching you all about habitats.

We're going to start today's lesson by learning all about what makes a good habitat.

Then we're going to have a goal of creating a shoe box habitat.

And finally, we're going to share that habitat with somebody in our household, a teddy or toy.

In this lesson, you're going to need two things, a box to make your habitat with and some items that you think you might need to make your habitat.

So I made a woodland habitat.

So I had sticks, stones, leaves, but you might be making an underwater habitat.

So you might want to have some fish, some underwater leaves and some different things to make your habitat.

Pause the video here, make sure you've got all the things you need.

And come back when you're ready.

♪Star words, star words, star words♪ ♪My 10 habitat habitat.

Habitat.

♪ A habitat is a place where animals live.

It provides animals with food, shelter, and water.

There are lots of different types of habitat all around the world.

And there are lots of different animals that live in different habitats.

Each animal needs a different home, based on the food that it eats, the shelter that it needs and how much water it needs to survive.

Let's look more closely at the food that a habitat can provide.

Some animals are herbivores, ♪Herbivores♪ A herbivore only eats leaves and plants.

They don't eat any meat or other animals.

So animals that are herbivores need to live in places where they've got lots of grass and plants and leaves on the trees to eat.

What animals can you think of, that are herbivores? Use the pictures on the screen to help you.

I heard so many of you saying monkeys, rabbits, cows, pandas.

Those are the animals we can see on this screen.

And I could hear lots more different animals as well, well done.

Other animals are carnivals.

♪Carnivals♪ Which means they eat mainly meat from other animals and insects as well.

Can you think of any animals that are carnivals? Have a look at some of the animals on the screen.

Tell your screen.

That's right.

Lions are carnivals and sharks are carnivals and alligators and crocodiles are carnivals with their big teeth that they can use to eat other animals.

Carnivals need to live in a habitat that has lots of other animals for them to prey on and eat.

Then we've got omnivores.

♪Omnivores♪ Omnivores are animals that eat plants and meat.

So they eat insects, plants, other animals.

They eat up everything.

Can you think of any animals that are omnivores? You might have a pet that's an omnivore.

Tell your screen.

That's right.

Dogs are omnivores.

They like to eat chicken and they like to eat plants.

They like to eat the grass in the garden sometimes as well and berries and yummy things like that.

And bears are actually omnivores as well.

Even though they're so big, they like to eat plants and meat.

And so are hedgehogs.

Can you point to the hedgehog on the screen? The hedgehog is the little prickly one in the grass.

That's right.

Well done.

So we've spoken about food.

That's a really important part of a good habitat.

Another important part of a good habitat is shelter.

This changes depending on what kind of shelter the animal needs.

These lions have shelter from the long grass that they can hide in when they're hunting.

Can you see that hunting the gazelles in the background? But these gazelles can't see them because the grass is really low.

And it's almost the same colour as the lions.

So they're sheltered by the grass.

Where else do you think animals might shelter? That's right in the trees.

Other animals like to shelter in the trees, where they can hide from animals that might be trying to eat them.

And they can stay dry when it's raining outside.

Can you think of any animals that shelter in the trees? Tell your screen? That's right! Monkeys, birds, squirrels, bugs, all of these different animals, shelter in the trees.

What about underground? That's right.

Some animals take shelter underground, where it's dry and warm.

And the rain won't get to them.

They also hide underground from animals that might try to eat them like foxes.

What animals do you think shelter underground? Tell your screen.

That's right.

You can see some rabbits on the screen that have a shelter underground.

It's called a burrow.

And the funny little animal sticking its head out of the dirt is a mole! Moles live underground as well.

And hedgehogs like to burrow underground too.

So these animals need to have somewhere where they can dig in their habitat to make burrows underground.

And the last thing that all good shelters need to have access to, is water! Just like humans, animals need to drink water too.

But animals need to drink different amounts of water.

Some animals need to drink lots of water and some can go for days without drinking water, like the camel in the picture here.

So this camel can live in very dry, hot habitats because it doesn't meet that much water, but the geese need to live close to the water where they can stay cool and they can have lots to drink.

So now it's time for us to have a go at making our own habitat.

I have chosen to make a Woodland habitat.

So I'm thinking, what does a woodland floor have? And what do the animals who live in the woodland need? There's lots of soil on the woodland floor and stones.

So animals like hedgehogs and rabbits who live in the woods, they can dig in the soil and make burrows underground to give them shelter And lots of the creepy crawlies like worms and bugs.

They live in the soil too and they will have shelter.

So I'm just going to make sure, I've got some soil all over my shelter, just like a real woodland floor.

And that will provide lots of shelter for lots of different animals.

Here we are just spreading it over the last bits there.

And you can see my shoe box is nearly full of soil and stones, just like a real woodland floor.

So pause the video here, lay down on the floor of your habitat and come back when you're ready.

Great job, everyone.

Now it's time for us to start thinking about other forms of shelter and food for the animals that live in our habitat.

Now in a woodland habitat, we have rabbits, birds, foxes, budgies, and some of these animals like to eat leaves.

So I'm going to put some trees in my habitat.

You can see here.

Now I took some leaves from my garden that I needed to cut from my bush anyway.

You need to ask an adult or a carer, what leaves you can take if you need something for your habitat before you go taking anything.

So I'm putting them in some plant pots so that they stand up like real trees.

And then my animals will have leaves to eat and animals like birds and squirrels will have trees to shelter in as well from the rain and from other animals that might try to eat them.

So you can see I've got lots of leaves in my woodland now.

Pause the video here.

Add some food to your habitat and come back when you're ready.

Well done, so we've got food and shelter.

I'm just adding another tree in here so that my woodlands got lots and lots of shelter and shade for my animals.

I'm going to put some more stones in as well so that some more minibeasts, can live under the stones because I know that things like woodlies like to live in under the stones.

And I've got some more leaves on my woodland floor there so that the animals can find some things to eat.

There we go.

We are going to pour the rest of my stones and make it look really real.

That's it.

And now my animals are ready to move in.

I've got a little squirrel and a hedgehog on the woodland floor.

And I'm hoping some more animals will move in later.

So you can see here, that I also painted some of my shoe box so that there was some more green rate along the back and some beautiful clouds and blue skies on the other side of my shoe box.

So pause the video here, add the finishing touches to your habitat, and come back when you're ready.

Well done everyone.

I hope you enjoyed creating your habitat.

Make sure to check that's it's a good habitat by thinking, does it have food for the animals that live there? Does it have shelter for the animals that live there? And does it have water as well? Now my habitat didn't have a pond or any water, but I know that when it rains in the woods, the animals can drink water that collects in holes in the trees and from the leaves.

But you might like to add a pond or a lake in your habitat, by putting some water in a little bowl and leaving it in there for your animals.

Well done everyone for your really hard work again today.

See you next time!.