Pond Habitats

Pond Habitats
Collect & identify animals from one of our ponds. Find out about life cycles & food chains.

Learning objectives 

• To treat animals and the environment with care and sensitivity. 
• To identify, name and describe a variety of animals in their habitats.
• To understand that animals reproduce and change as they grow older.
• To identify that living things live in habitats to which they are suited.
• To begin to understand that animals are part of a food chain.

National science curriculum links 

Y1
Animals, including humans 

• Identify and name a variety of common animals.
• Identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
• Describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals.

Y2 
Living things and their habitats

• Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other.
• Identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats.
• Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food.

Animals, including humans

• Notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults. 
• Find out about and describe the basic needs of animals for survival (water, food and air).