Animal Habitat Shoebox Project
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Dioramas are a project often assigned by teachers at all grade levels and may require students to artfully reconstruct an animal habitat. using a shoe box as the basis for the diorama allows the student to transport and contain the habitat for scoring and classmate review. Overview. get creative with your students in this hands on lesson plan! students will use mostly natural materials to build a shoebox habitat that mimics a real life habitat for an animal of their choice. as they present their miniature habitats to each other, students realize that not all habitats are suitable for all animals.
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What you need: what to do: first things first! you need to choose what habitat you would like to create. you can make your diorama about grasslands, the desert, the forest, the arctic, or the ocean. ok, the next step is to gather pictures of the habitat and the animals in it. these will serve as your inspiration as you move forward. Instructions. 1 choose an animal for your diorama. 2 lay the lid of your shoebox on a table with the inside showing. 3 put glue on one side of the shoebox and stand it up on the lid. 4 decorate your shoebox so that it looks like the habitat of your chosen animals. 5 once your diorama is decorated, you can place your animal inside. Habitat diorama project. • each student will create a diorama (a scenic representation in which sculpted figures and lifelike details are displayed) showing their selected habitat. to create the diorama project, a shoe box or other small box may be used as the space for the diorama. the box should not be bigger than an adult sized shoebox. Animal habitat shoe box project. for this particular project we used free printable worksheets from teachers pay teachers which is a wonderful resource for a variety of subjects and grades ages. this worksheet was from making lemonade in the classroom!.
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