Printable Effects of Habitat Stress Activity Cards

Give your students a hands-on way to explore how environmental changes affect living things! This set of printable Habitat Stress Activity Cards presents a variety of narratives where plants and animals face habitat stress, encouraging students to think critically and make predictions about animal survival and behaviour.

Each of these Habitat Stress Activity Cards describes a real-world environmental change, such as a drought, heatwave, flood, or a reduction in flowering plants, and invites students to predict how these changes might influence the creatures living in the habitat.

Predict the Effects of Environmental Changes on Plants and Animals

These activity cards are perfect for developing scientific reasoning and ecological understanding. Students will:

• Examine the stress or change in a habitat
• Predict the effects of environmental changes on plants and animals
• Write explanations linking environmental conditions to their outcomes

This resource works well for independent practise, whole group discussion, or as a science centre activity.

Download This Habitat Change Activity Today

The Habitat Change Activity comes ready to print and use in your classroom. Simply cut out the cards, distribute them to students, and watch them go!

This resource is available in both PDF and editable Google Slides format.  To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button and choose your preferred file type.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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