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Habitats

By Platform Administrator · Submitted Sep 30, 2026

Content Area
Science and Technology/Engineering
Grade
2

In pairs, students choose a habitat to research. After gathering research with their partner, each student creates a written report that includes information about the habitat, such as the animals and plants you may find there, the temperature and climate, where the habitat is located and how the habitat provides for the plants and animals there. As well, each student selects one animal and explains how the animal adapted to living in the habitat and how the habitat supports this animal. Then, partner teams create a visual product such as a poster, diorama, or PowerPoint presentation and give an oral presentation to the class.

MA Standards

2.LS.2.3
Develop and use models to compare how plants and animals depend on their surroundings and other living things to meet their needs in the places they live.Clarification Statement: Animals need food, water, air, shelter, and favorable temperature; plants need sufficient light, water, minerals, favorable temperature, and animals or other mechanisms to disperse seeds.
2.LS.4.1
Use texts, media, or local environments to observe and compare (a) different kinds of living things in an area, and (b) differences in the kinds of living things living in different types of areas. Clarification Statements: Examples of areas to compare can include temperate forest, desert, tropical rain forest, grassland, arctic, and aquatic; Specific animal and plant names in specific areas are not expected.
W.2.2
Write informative/explanatory texts that introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
W.2.7
Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).

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