Summary
If you could build a mountain, what would live there -- and what would those things eat? A creative activity that shows how living things depend on their habitat and on each other.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Kids imagine building a mountain and figuring out what could live there.
- What did the kids have to think about to 'build' their mountain?
- Why does every animal need something to eat where it lives?
- How are the living things on a mountain connected?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: habitat, food, shelter.
Try it: Invent a mountain animal, then name what it eats and where it would live.