Kindergarten · Science · week 14

Where animals find food

Match different animals to a real way or place they find food in their environment.

Different animals get their food in different ways, depending on where they live. Birds peck the ground for seeds and worms. Squirrels dig up nuts they buried earlier. Cows graze on grass in a field. Bears eat berries, plants, and sometimes fish from a stream.

An animal's home, called a habitat, usually decides what food is available and how the animal gets it. A fish cannot graze grass, and a cow cannot swim after fish.

📋 For the teacher
Teach it (10–15 min):
  • Go outside or to a window and watch for a real animal finding food, like a bird at a feeder or an ant on a trail.
  • Talk about how a pet's food is different from how a wild animal finds its own.
  • Look through a picture book of animals together and guess how each one gets its food.
  • Connect habitat to food directly: "This animal lives here, so this is likely its food."
Talk about it:
  • Where do birds in our yard find food?
  • How is a person shopping at a store different from a wild animal finding food?
  • What do you think happens if an animal cannot find food?

Mastery looks like: They correctly match at least three animals to a realistic way or place they find food.

Common stumbles: Assuming all animals eat the exact same food; not connecting an animal's habitat to what food is actually available there.

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