Animals Everywhere
Know that animals live all over the world — on land, in water, and in the air — and that every continent, even icy Antarctica, is home to animals, each suited to the conditions where they live
Lesson
Set out your lesson
“Animals Everywhere means knowing animals live on land, in water, and in the air on every continent, including Antarctica. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Three habitat cards: land, water, air
- Simple world outline or continent list including Antarctica
Extra for the adult
Worked example. Fish live in water. Birds fly in the air. Penguins live in icy Antarctica. Animals suit where they live.
Optional challenge. For Animals Everywhere, name one Antarctica animal and why cold suits it.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: habitats sorted; Antarctica named; support used. This session samples worldwide animals, not mastery of biogeography.
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Animals Everywhere means knowing animals live on land, in water, and in the air on every continent, including Antarctica. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes sorting habitats, naming continents with animals, then checking one fresh match.
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Start practiceAnimals Everywhere practice
Sort land, water, and air homes — including Antarctica.
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PhET Interactive Simulations · Practice link — not the full lesson
Energy Skate Park: Basics
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Energy Skate Park: Basics supports hands-on exploration for Animals Everywhere. Not every lab worksheet.
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PhET Interactive Simulations, University of Colorado Boulder. “Energy Skate Park: Basics.” External sim; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute it.
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Check understanding
- Names at least 3 animals from different environments (e.g., forest, ocean, desert)
- States that animals live on land, in water, and some can fly
- Recognises that animals live on every continent
“If you show your child pictures of a polar bear, a parrot, a camel, and a penguin, can they tell you that animals live in all sorts of different places around the world?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Animals of the World
- Age range
- Ages 5–7