Animal Homes
Animals live in places that give them food, water and shelter.
Bees build hives, birds weave nests and rabbits dig burrows. Fish need water, camels can live in hot deserts, and penguins live where it is icy. An animal’s home is called its habitat.
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Did you know?
- Beavers build their homes, called lodges, out of sticks and mud.
- A bird can use hundreds of twigs to build one nest.
- Some crabs carry their homes on their backs.
- The ocean is home to more kinds of animals than you could ever count.
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Questions to ask while you read, play or walk.
- What makes your home a good home?
- Why do birds build nests up high?
- Where could a frog live? Why there?
For teachers
What this topic supports:
- NGSS K-ESS3-1: model how the needs of plants and animals relate to where they live
- NGSS K-ESS2-2: animals change their environment to meet their needs
- NGSS 2-LS4-1 (preview): many kinds of living things in different habitats