1. Science - Year 3/4B Spring 1
Living Things and their Habitats
Habitat Helpers
Session 1
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2. or anywhere else that plants and animals live!
It is the place where a plant or animal lives
What is a habitat?
It could be a …
A garden
A beach
A meadow
A desert
A wood
A pond
A park
or anywhere else that plants and animals live!

3. What plants and animals might live in this park habitat?
Here are some animals you may have thought of
Here are some plants you may have thought of
fish
birds of prey
grass
trees
small birds
rabbits
water rushes
flowering plants
foxes
bees
frogs
ladybirds
pond weed
butterflies
greenfly
mice

4. The trees and other plants provide …
The different plants and animals that live in a habitat are dependent on each other in different ways.
Can you think how?
The trees and other plants provide …
food and shelter for many of the animals

5. The butterflies, bees and other insects help the plants by …
pollinating their flowers

6. The pond weed …
puts oxygen into the water. Without oxygen the fish and other pond creatures could not survive.

7. The insects and other small animals in the habitat provide …
food for other animals.

8. food for the top predators in the habitat.
These animals in turn will provide …

9. fish
grass
ladybirds
birds of prey
small birds
trees
water rushes
rabbits
foxes
A habitat, together with all the plants and animals that live there, are together known as an ecosystem
pond weed
flowering plants
butterflies
frogs
bees
greenfly
mice

10. ! Our world is full of amazing different habitats and ecosystems
But many of them are changing because of human activity and this can endanger wildlife!

11. You can really make a difference!
You can help by putting on your own Habitat Helpers Fair which will teach everyone about all the ways they can help to look after our world and keep its amazing plants and creatures safe
You can really make a difference!