Lesson 2 | The needs of animals | Field of Mars EEC

Vocabulary

Home, habitat, shelter, nature, needs, food, water, air, shelter

Activity 1 instructions video transcript

Hello, today we are going to learn about the needs of animals. We're going to watch a video and follow Frog as he searches for home. In the story, there are other animals living happily in their homes but these places don't feel like home for Frog. It seems the other animals have found a place where they have everything they need. Food to eat, water to drink, shelter for the weather and air to breathe. Do you think that Frog will find his home, a place that has everything that he needs? Let's watch the video to find out.

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Frog looks for home video transcript

Frog looks for home, by Lucy longford

Frog went for an adventurous hop and lost his way home.

'Is this my home?' he asked the crimson rosella.

'Do you fly in the forest eating seeds and blossoms?'

'No I like to sit near the water and use my sticky tongue to catch mosquitoes and crickets.'

'Is this my home?' he asked the huntsman spider.

'Do you camouflage on the bark of a gum tree?'

'No I like to hide in green leaves and grasses.'

'Is this my home?' he asked the blue tongue lizard.

'Do you like to lie on hot rocks in the sun to keep warm?'

'No I like to live near the water and keep my skin moist.'

'Is this my home?' he asked brushtail possum.

'Do you keep your babies in a hollow of a tree?'

'No my babies live in freshwater creeks and ponds.'

'Is this my home?' he asked the Clownfish?

'Do you live under water and breathe air through gills?'

'No I like the water but I breathe air when I am on land.'

'Is this my home?' he asked echidna.

'Do you eat ants and termites in the leaf litter on the forest floor?'

'Yes, but I like to eat lots of insects including mosquitoes and crickets that fly and jump.'

Mosquitoes and crickets, green leaves and grasses, clean fresh water and air to breathe, I am home.

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Activity 3 instructions video transcript

In this activity, you're going to be drawing a picture so you'll need paper and a pencil.  We're going to learn the science word for an animal home. Do you know what it is? It's a habitat.  The home for a bushland animal is called a habitat and a habitat provides food, water, shelter and air for an animal. Now have a go at drawing a picture of one of the animals from the story in its habitat.

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Activity 4 instructions video transcript

In this activity we're going to make a habitat for a toy. I wonder what items we could use to make its habitat. I've come outside now to make kookaburra a nice nest. I'm going to use a big stick as my base and I'm going to use lots of little sticks to put around it to make kookaburra nice and cozy.

Looking good.

I'm back inside now and I'm going to use this box and a tea towel to make a lovely nest for kookaburra. I might place this bowl of water nearby and make a bug so kookaburra has something to eat. I think kookaburra will be very happy here because now he has everything he needs. And now it's your turn. What items do you think you might use to make a habitat for your toy?

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