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Students explore how living things depend on their environment by researching one chosen habitat (forest, desert, ocean, tundra, rainforest, grassland...) and identifying the animals and environmental features that belong there. In small groups, they plan and build a 3D model of this habitat using recycled materials such as cardboard, paper rolls, bottles, fabric scraps, and natural items.

The process includes:

1. Selecting a habitat and animals that naturally live there.

2. Planning the model (background, landforms, plants, water sources).

3. Building the habitat using recycled and repurposed materials.

4. Adding animals (cutouts, clay, cardboard models).

5. Explaining how their habitat meets the animals’ needs (food, water, shelter, space).

Final outcome: a group 3D habitat demonstrating understanding of interdependence between animals and their environment.

ATL Skills

Thinking Skills

• Applying prior knowledge about habitats and living things.

• Identifying cause-and-effect relationships

Research Skills

• Observing images/videos of real habitats.

• Sorting information to identify what must be included in their model.

Communication Skills

• Sharing ideas in groups.

• Describing the habitat features and animals’ needs during presentation.

Self-Management / Organization

• Planning steps for construction.

• Managing materials responsibly and working safely.

Collaboration / Social Skills

• Dividing tasks, negotiating roles, and supporting each other during construction.

IB Learner Profile Connections

• Inquirers: exploring how environments support life.

• Thinkers: designing and solving problems while building the model.

• Communicators: presenting habitat features clearly.

• Caring: using recycled materials and understanding care for living things and the planet.

• Principled: working responsibly with materials and group members.

• Reflective: evaluating what worked well in their habitat and what could improve.

Team work

They plan their animal habitat on paper and feel ready !

Key Concepts

• Form: We explore what patterns look like in animals and nature.

• Connection: We discover how patterns in nature inspire our own ideas and artworks.

• Creativity: We use patterns to invent, imagine and express ourselves in new ways.

Learner Profile

• Inquirers: We ask questions and look closely at natural and animal patterns.

• Creators: We design fantasy animals and original pattern artworks.

• Risk-takers: We try new patterns, ideas and drawing techniques with confidence.

Approaches to Learning (ATL)

• Observation: We look carefully at details, shapes and repeated patterns in nature.

• Creative Thinking: We combine patterns and ideas to create imaginative artworks.

• Fine Motor Skills: We control our hands and tools through detailed drawing and Zentangle art.