Lesson 5

Diorama

In this lesson you will:

Create a diorama habitat for your animal to live happily.

You will need:

A shoe box or small box. arts and crafts supplies.

Today's goal is to understand your chosen animals habitat. Your goal is to create a model habitat where an animal has all it needs to survive.


Creating a habitat

Create your own shoe box diorama habitat.

What you need:

  • a shoe box or small box

  • material to make features of the habitat (rocks, leaves, paper, sticks, grass clippings etc)

Instructions

  • Choose your animal to create a habitat for. A list of animals is on the right hand side of the page.

  • Research information about your animal's habitat. What does the animal need to survive? What food does it eat? Where does it get its water? Does it have shelter?

  • Once you have worked out all the information you need. Start creating your habitat diorama.

  • NOTE - Some examples are give in the list to the right.

Pick your animal

  • Echidna

  • Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

  • Brush tailed possum

  • Sugar glider

  • Long nosed bandicoot

  • Fairy Wren

  • Striped marsh frog

  • Peron’s tree frog

  • Rainbow Lorikeet