Habitats Activities, Worksheets, Printables, and Lesson Plans

Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources
Deserts
Oceans
Rainforests
Freshwater
Polar Region
Grasslands

Habitats
Activities, Worksheets, Printables, and Lesson Plans

Deserts

Deserts

Oceans

Oceans

Rainforests

Rainforests

Freshwater

Freshwater

Polar Region

Polar Region

Grasslands

Grasslands

Reading Comprehensions
Jamie's week at Camp Habitat (Grades 2-3)

Reluctant Reader Books
     Desert Habitat (Grade 3-5)
     Ocean Habitat (Grade 3-5)
     Prairie Habitat (Grade 3-5)
     Temperate Forest Habitat (Grade 3-5)

Literature Book Units
Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats (Grades 3-4)

Reading Comprehension Lesson Ideas

Daily Themes
(Grades 3-5)
     Retiring from the Zoo
(Grades 6-8)
     A Button Day Field Trip
     Elephant Sanctuary
     The Buzzards of Hinckley, Ohio

Miscellaneous
(no assigned grade level)
     The Story Behind Our Seasons
(Grades 1-2)
     The Walrus and the Whale
(Grades 3-5)
     African Elephants
     And Called It Macaroni
     Aye-ayes
     Bats: Furry, Flying Mammals
     Cheetahs
     Creative Caterpillars
     Frogs
     Guadalupe Mountains National Park
     I Want to Be a Zoo Worker
     Keith Interviews a Dragon
     Lynx
     Mantellas
     Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
     Mrs. Kim's Class Meets the Dodo
     Redwood National and State Parks
     Sand Crabs
     Seahorses Are Not Horses That Live in the Sea!
     Secretary Birds
     Songbirds
     Timber Wolf
     Youth Unite to Build Houses
     Zach and His Little Red Wagon
     Zook: A Polar Bear's Tale of Global Warming
(Grades 6-8)
     Aquatic Plants
     Asia
     Axolotls
     Beware of the Coastal Invaders!
     Congaree National Park
     Coral Reefs: Donald's Tale
     Crocodilian Cousins: Alligators and Crocodiles
     Don't Worry About That Dorsal Fin!
     Ecologist
     Endangered Animals!
     Endangered Is Not Extinct...Let's Keep It That Way!
     Escaping Starvation in Holland
     Everglades National Park
     Five Kinds of Vertebrates
     Gifts from the Rainforest
     Gorillas
     Grand Teton National Park
     Hoary Marmots
     How Do People Protect Plants and Animals?
     How Does Animal Camouflage Work?
     How People Affect Other Living Things
     Human Geography
     Hydrothermal Vents
     Key Deer
     Life with a Snake
     Mayan Planting Techniques
     Meat Eating Plants
     Mexico's Rainforest
     Natural Disasters: Disasters or Blessings?
     Not If I Can Help It!
     Okapis
     Orangutans
     Park Ranger
     Peregrine Falcons
     Peregrine Falcons
     Plant Adaptations
     Plant Adaptations
     Plant Behaviors and Evolution
     Polar Bears and Global Warming
     President Clinton, Vice President Gore, and the Environment
     Producers and Consumers
     Raccoons, the Masked Bandits
     Rainforest Logging Banned in New Zealand
     Salamanders Are Amphibians
     The Case of the Disappearing Bats
     The Crittercam
     The DMZ - New Life in No Man's Land
     The Endangered Species Act
     The Exxon Valdez Brings Danger to the Environment
     The Florida Panther
     The Galapagos Islands
     The Kiwi
     The Largest Rodent of All: The Giant Beaver
     The Selkirk Settlement
     The Wolf
     Triceratops
     Tuatara
     Turkeys
     Unicellular Organisms
     What Can You Do About Global Warming?
     What Does a Biologist Do?
     What Does a Zoologist Do?
     Where Are the Farm Animals Going?
     Writing the Nonhuman Biography
(Grades 9-12)
     A Costly Oops!
     Conserve the Sources
     Earth Time - Precambrian Time and the Paleozoic Era
     Energy from Water
     Life in the Triassic Period
     The Earth's View (A Speech To Humans)
     The Loss of Domestic Animals: A World Problem
     The Nature of Science, Part 2
     The Wet Treatment, Part 1

Stories
(Grades 6-8)
     Bird Calling
(Grades 9-12)
     Fitting In

Animals
(Grades 3-5)
     Springhares
(Grades 6-8)
     Armadillos
     Aye-ayes
     Bald Eagles
     Belugas
     Brown Bears
     California Condors
     Cheetahs
     Chimpanzees
     Coyotes
     Fishing Cats
     Flightless Cormorants
     Food Chain vs. Food Web
     Foxes
     Freshwater
     Galapagos tortoises
     Gulls
     Icefish
     Jaguars
     Japanese Cranes
     Kiwis
     Leatherback Turtles
     Leopards
     Macaroni Penguins
     Manatees
     Mudskippers
     Orangutans
     Pale Male & Lola -- Red-Tailed Hawks
     Servals
     Sloths
     Snow Monkeys
     Spadefoot Toads
     Sun Bears
     Tapirs
     The Mixed-up Okapi
     Tigers
     Tuataras
     Wolves
(Grades 9-12)
     Animals in Danger!
     Gorillas

Geography
(no assigned grade level)
     A Visit to Roger Williams Park Zoo
(Grades 3-5)
     Helping Others in Need
     How an Owl Stopped The Lumberjacks
     The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
     The Roaring Rapids

Finish the Story
     Counting Penguins (Grade 3-4)
     The Bat House Project (Grade 3-4)
     Save the Animals (Grade 4-6)
     Penguins (Grade 6-8)
     Saving Jaguars (Grade 6-8)

What Would You Do?
A Polar Regions Adventure (Grade 4-6)
Zoo or No Zoo? (Grade 4-8)

Reluctant Reader Books
     Giant Pandas (Grade 2-3)
     Mind Your Animal Manners (Grade 3-4)
     Oil in the Gulf (Grade 3-4)
     Amazing Sharks (Grade 4-5)
     Big, Bigger, and Biggest Animals (Grade 4-5)
     Eww! Being Stinky to Stay Safe (Grade 4-5)
     Funny Frog Facts (Grade 4-5)
     Ten Fascinating Facts About Bats (Grade 4-5)
     AK is for Alaska (Grade 4-6)
     CO is for Colorado (Grade 4-6)
     KY is for Kentucky (Grade 4-6)
     SC is for South Carolina (Grade 4-6)
     So You Want to Find Your Hidden Talent (Grade 4-6)
     Tropical Rainforests (Grade 4-6)
     Baboons on the Loose (Grade 5-6)
     Endangered Animals (Grade 5-8)