Habitat Matchups Slide Deck Life Science • Habitats
🚜 vs 🌲
Habitat Matchups
Sorting Animals into Farm and Forest Homes
Every animal has a habitat that provides food, water, and shelter. Can you discover where each creature belongs?
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Barnyard Farm
Cared for by farmers in barns & fields
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Wild Forest
Living wild among trees, rivers, & dens
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Habitat Spotlight 01
Life on the Farm
Domestic Animals
Human Shelters
Animals sleep in red barns, cozy wooden coops, stables, and fenced pastures.
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Farmer Care
People feed them fresh hay, grains, and clean water every single morning.
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Farm Animal Pals
Cows, pigs, chickens, sheep, and horses live together peacefully in the barnyard.
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Key Farm Rule: Animals depend on human farmers for their daily food and safe fences! 🌾
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Habitat Spotlight 02
Life in the Forest
Wild Animals
Natural Shelter
Animals nest in leafy tall trees, rocky mountain dens, hollow logs, and burrows.
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Foraging Food
Creatures hunt for wild berries, acorns, insects, fish, and forest plants themselves.
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Forest Wild Pals
Bears, red foxes, hooting owls, squirrels, and deer thrive freely in the wilderness.
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Key Forest Rule: Forest animals are wild! They survive independently without people. 🌲
Challenge 01
Where Does Each Creature Live?
Point & Cast Your Vote!
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Dairy Cow
"I chew grass in a fenced meadow and give fresh milk to the farmer every morning."
Farm Habitat 🚜
Forest Habitat
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Great Horned Owl
"I fly silently through tree canopies at night and nest deep inside a hollow oak branch."
Farm Habitat
Forest Habitat 🌲
Detective Question: What clue helped you decide where the owl sleeps? Oak Tree Branch!
Challenge 02
Clues in the Wilderness & Barn!
Test Your Knowledge!
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Muddy Piglet
"I roll in cool mud inside my wooden pen and eat hearty grain from a farmer's trough."
Farm Habitat 🚜
Forest Habitat
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Red Fox
"I hunt wild mice under fallen pine needles and sleep in an underground woodland den."
Farm Habitat
Forest Habitat 🌲
Detective Question: Why is a wooden pen a sign of a farm habitat? Built by Farmers!
Sorting Detective Checklist
3 Questions to Ask Before You Sort!
1
Who Feeds It?
Does a human farmer provide grain and hay, or does it search for berries and bugs alone?
2
Where is Home?
Is its home a wooden barn, coop, or stall—or a wild tree branch, hollow log, or cave?
3
Domestic or Wild?
Is it a tame helper animal, or is it a wild creature living freely in nature?
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Next Up: Hands-On Centers!
Grab your Task Cards and Cut-and-Glue Sorting Mats to show what you know!
Ready, Set, Sort!
Habitat Sorting Task Cards 🏷️
Habitat Task Cards • Set A (Cards 1–6)
✂️ Cut along dashed lines
Card 01 🐄
Dairy Cow
"I chew fresh grass in a fenced pasture. Every morning, the farmer comes to milk me inside the barn."
Which habitat is my home?
A Farm Habitat
B Forest Habitat
Card 02 🦉
Great Horned Owl
"I glide silently through tall pine trees at night. I build my nest high in a hollow oak branch."
Which habitat is my home?
A Farm Habitat
B Forest Habitat
Card 03 🐖
Muddy Piglet
"I cool off in a muddy pen next to the tractor shed. The farmer fills my wooden trough with grain."
Which habitat is my home?
A Farm Habitat
B Forest Habitat
Card 04 🦊
Red Fox
"I hunt for wild berries and woodland mice. I dig my underground den beneath twisted tree roots."
Which habitat is my home?
A Farm Habitat
B Forest Habitat
Card 05 🐔
Clucking Hen
"I peck corn in the yard and sleep on wooden perches inside a cozy coop guarded by wire fence."
Which habitat is my home?
A Farm Habitat
B Forest Habitat
Card 06 🐻
Black Bear
"I scoop wild fish from rushing forest creeks and hibernate through snowy winter inside a rocky cave."
Which habitat is my home?
A Farm Habitat
B Forest Habitat
Habitat Matchups Science Station Page 1 of 3 • Task Cards 1–6
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Habitat Task Cards • Set B (Cards 7–12)
✂️ Cut along dashed lines
Card 07 🐴
Work Horse
"I wear metal horseshoes and eat sweet dried hay in my clean stable stall after helping pull heavy carts."
Which habitat is my home?
A Farm Habitat
B Forest Habitat
Card 08 🪵
Woodpecker
"I drum my strong beak against dead pine trunks to catch beetles hiding beneath the tree bark."
Which habitat is my home?
A Farm Habitat
B Forest Habitat
Card 09 🐑
Woolly Sheep
"A sheepdog protects my flock in the hillside paddock. In summer, the farmer shears my warm wool."
Which habitat is my home?
A Farm Habitat
Habitat Sorting Cut and Glue Worksheet 🚜
Habitat Sorting Mat
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Life Science • Classifying Animals by Environmental Habitat
Name:
Date:
Directions: Cut out the 10 animal tiles from Page 2. Sort and glue 5 animals into the Farm column and 5 animals into the Forest column!
5 Each
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Barnyard Farm
Cared for by humans • Barns, pens, & pastures
Glue Farm Animal 1 Here Match clues: farmer care, fenced yard, or barn shelter
Glue Farm Animal 2 Here Match clues: farmer care, fenced yard, or barn shelter
Glue Farm Animal 3 Here Match clues: farmer care, fenced yard, or barn shelter
Glue Farm Animal 4 Here Match clues: farmer care, fenced yard, or barn shelter
Glue Farm Animal 5 Here Match clues: farmer care, fenced yard, or barn shelter
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Wild Forest
Lives in the wild • Canopies, hollow logs, & caves
Glue Forest Animal 1 Here Match clues: wild foraging, tree canopy, or earth burrow
Glue Forest Animal 2 Here Match clues: wild foraging, tree canopy, or earth burrow
Glue Forest Animal 3 Here Match clues: wild foraging, tree canopy, or earth burrow
Glue Forest Animal 4 Here Match clues: wild foraging, tree canopy, or earth burrow
Glue Forest Animal 5 Here Match clues: wild foraging, tree canopy, or earth burrow
Habitat Sorting Activity Page 1 of 2 • Cut & Glue Mat
Animal Cut-Out Cards
Cut along dashed borders
Carefully cut out each of the 10 animal tiles below. Test where they belong on Page 1 before using glue!
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Dairy Cow
Chews grass in open pastures and is milked daily by the farmer.
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Brown Bear
Catches wild river salmon and hibernates in a mountain cave.
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Work Horse
Eats sweet hay in a barn stall and wears protective metal shoes.
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Tawny Owl
Roosts high inside hollow tree branches and hunts mice at night.
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Muddy Pig
Wallows in barnyard mud to keep cool and eats grain from a trough.
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Red Fox
Sleeps in a concealed earth burrow and stalks prey through bushes.
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Clucking Hen
Lays eggs in wooden coop nesting boxes and pecks farm seeds.
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Forest Deer
Browses leafy woodland shrubs and hides among evergreen pine trees.
