Habitat Scramble

Positives

• The video provides detailed instructions for how to set up and implement this game. 
• This is a fun, hands-on way for students to learn about more specific aspects of habitats. 

Additional Prerequisites

• Teachers will need a circle of yarn, string, a hula hoop, or some other way of identifying the habitats for each group of 4 students within the class. 
• Teachers will need to make a set of habitat cards for each student. Consider using scrap paper or other items like beads/dry beans/blocks/etc. for some of the cards, as they are just meant to represent air, water, food, shelter, soil, and space.
  

Differentiation

• In order to build background knowledge, consider having students watch this short PBS video about habitat basics or this video about what a habitat is before playing the game. 
• As an extension activity, put students into groups to have them do a deeper dive into a specific habitat using these videos on rainforests, woodlands, or oceans. 
• As an independent activity to practice new learning, allow students to play this interactive media game where they match animals with their correct ecological habitats. 
• After playing this game, art classes could look at this watercolor by Jill Pelto and discuss how habitat degradation is impacting forest species.