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Create a Habitat

By Platform Administrator · Submitted Sep 30, 2026

Content Area
Science and Technology/Engineering
Grade
2

Students design the best possible model habitat for a plant or animal given constraints set by teacher or class (size, geographic location, institutional setting for habitat etc.). The ideal habitat should include everything an organism needs to survive, including: food, water, appropriate temperature, space/shelter, and way to spread seeds for plants. The audience will be determined by the goal. For example, if a class is designing habitat for a class "pet" or plant, the audience is the teacher they are trying to convince to get the pet. If they are designing a butterfly field, the audience may be the school principal, DPW, grant giving organization etc.

MA Standards

2.ESS.2.2
Map the shapes and types of landforms and bodies of water in an area. Clarification Statements: Examples of types of landforms can include hills, valleys, river banks, and dunes; Examples of water bodies can include streams, ponds, bays, and rivers; Quantitative scaling in models or contour mapping is not expected.
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.

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