A 5-day lesson plan exploring water as a habitat for various creatures. Kids compare freshwater and saltwater, make water body models, and enjoy yellow-colour hand painting.
What children learn
- Understand a habitat as a place where living things naturally live or grow.
- Identify animals that live in water and animals that can live both in water and on land.
- Distinguish freshwater from saltwater and identify examples of each habitat.
- Sort water bodies and creatures by freshwater or saltwater habitat.
- Compare the characteristics of water bodies and represent them with physical models.
Key activities
- Exploring water-creature books and creating an underwater sensory tray
- Painting a water scene with sponge printing and fish cut-outs
- Comparing freshwater and saltwater with salt, food colouring, and small toys
- Sorting water-body and creature cards into freshwater and saltwater groups
- Modelling water bodies with sand, pebbles, foil, paper towels, and water
- Creating an Ocean in a Bottle for Show and Tell
You’ll need
water-creature books and picture cards, toy water creatures, blue water beads, pebbles, trays and water, paper, paint, sponges and fish cut-outs, glasses, salt and food colouring, freshwater and saltwater sorting cards, shallow dishes, sand, aluminium foil and paper towels, bottles, shells, ocean stickers and funnels
Structure: 5 days; each day includes a Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, GMD, Cognition/Literacy, FMD, and Numeracy activities.