How can you tell they’ve got it: Animal Homes?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Names at least 4 different types of animal homes (nest, burrow, hive, web, shell, den, lodge); Explains that animals need homes for shelter and to keep their babies safe; Matches common animals to their homes. Or just try it together: If you ask your child where different animals live, can they describe several animal homes — like a bird's nest, a rabbit's burrow, or a bee's hive — and say why animals need shelter?

Science Animals of the World Ages 5–7

Animal Homes

Your child can name animal homes — a nest, a burrow, a hive. They know animals need shelter to keep their young safe.

In curriculum terms

Know that animals make or find many different kinds of homes — birds build nests, rabbits dig burrows, bees live in hives, hermit crabs use empty shells, spiders spin webs — and that these shelters protect them and their young

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How to tell they’ve got it

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Names at least 4 different types of animal homes (nest, burrow, hive, web, shell, den, lodge)
Explains that animals need homes for shelter and to keep their babies safe
Matches common animals to their homes

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Try this together

If you ask your child where different animals live, can they describe several animal homes — like a bird's nest, a rabbit's burrow, or a bee's hive — and say why animals need shelter?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Animals Everywhereages 5–7Animal homes builds on knowing animals live everywhere

Animal Homesthis skill · ages 5–7

Unlocks

Nocturnal Animalsages 5–7Nocturnal animals often use homes (burrows, dens) as daytime shelters

Habitats & Basic Needsages 6–8Animal homes concept is enriched by curriculum habitats topic

Rainforest Animalsages 7–9Rainforest layers connect to the idea of animals having different homes

The World of Minibeastsages 7–9Insect homes (hives, webs) were introduced in animal homes topic

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 2 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S1U01low confidenceYear 1 · Science understanding

identify the basic needs of plants and animals, including air, water, food or shelter, and describe how the places they live meet those needs

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S2U02low confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Understanding strand

VC2TDE2C02low confidenceDesign and Technologies · Foundation to Level 2 · Technologies Contexts strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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Animal Camouflageages 5–7 Animal Record-Holdersages 5–7 Animals Everywhereages 5–7 How Animals Have Babiesages 5–7

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