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Where do animals live?
Plant & Animal Secrets Unit | Lesson 2 of 6
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Where do animals live?

Plant & Animal Secrets Unit | Lesson 2 of 6
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# Optional Activity: Nature Nuggets

Watch this one-minute video of animals at home.

Discuss:

  • What animals did you see in the video?
  • Where do the animals live? How do you know?
  • If the animals could talk, what would you ask them?
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# Extensions
Below are ideas for extending this topic beyond the activity & exploration you just completed.
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nest


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a thing built by an animal where they raise their young
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shelter


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a place that protects something or someone
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needs


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things an animal or plant must have in order to live
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Lesson narration:
English Spanish

Grade K

Plant & Animal Needs

Animal Needs: Shelter

K-ESS3-1

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In this Read-Along lesson, Sofia wonders where animals live and goes for a walk in the woods to find out. The lesson includes a short exercise where students pretend to be squirrels and learn about their habitats. You can extend the lesson with the optional activity, Nature Nuggets, where students explore other animal homes.

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This activity does not require supplies.

As an optional activity, we suggest having your students view a one-minute video of animals at home and then discuss what they noticed.

The video is on the Nature Nuggets site, which offers a combination of videos and activities created by the makers of the documentary film series Nature. Preview it here.

Here are some possible questions for discussion:

  • What animals did you see in the video?
  • Where do the animals live? How do you know?
  • If the animals could talk, what would you ask them?

Grade K

Plant & Animal Needs

Animal Needs: Shelter

K-ESS3-1

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