Post-Performance Activity Resources

Lyrics: Different Habitats Song

Hostile, dry and barren lands
Yet deserts are home to many kinds
Of life that lives with great demands upon it
In cold desert habitats like the Gobi
And scorching deserts like the Kalahari
Life has adapted well
To survive in these

Lush green trees, extremely tall
Warm and wet with high rainfall
The Amazon is the largest of them all
It's a tropical rainforest habitat
There are many other forest types along with that
An example is a deciduous forest

A habitat is a home
It has shelter, water and food
It's where something lives and grows
A habitat is a home

Grasses bend in the breeze
Grassland habitats lack trees
They are found in many regions of our world
Temperate and tropical
The two main grassland habitats
Which support many animals and plants

Life exists in the extreme cold
The Arctic and Antarctic
North and south poles
A few living things
Have adapted to survive there

Often covered in ice and snow
Winter's dark below zero
Summer's always light
In this polar habitat

A habitat is a home
It has shelter, water and food
It's where something lives and grows
A habitat is a home

Salty oceans cover much of our planet
There are many different ocean habitats
The creatures you know best
Live in the sunlight zone

Another habitat is the coral reefs
Such colorful fish beyond belief
Yet the largest habitat
Is the deep sea zone
Lakes and ponds and rivers and streams
Vast wetlands and gushing springs
All of these are freshwater habitats

We need fresh water to survive
Without drinking water we cannot thrive
We must conserve Earth's habitats

A habitat is a home
It has shelter, water and food
It's where something lives and grows
A habitat is a home

A habitat is a home
It has shelter, water and food
It's where something lives and grows
A habitat is a home

Name on YouTube is A Habitat is a Home Song

Curriculum Alignment: UK & US

English National Curriculum 
Core KS1 Focus: Year 2 Science

Directly addresses the statutory objective under Living things and their habitats to "identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants."

The chorus ("A habitat is a home / It has shelter, water and food") explicitly teaches the required concept that a habitat provides the basic needs for survival.

The verses provide required examples of different habitats (polar, ocean, forests, deserts) that pupils must be able to describe.

Extension Value: Higher KS2 Science

The specific mention of biomes (e.g., Gobi, Kalahari, Amazon, deciduous, tropical) introduces vocabulary necessary for the more detailed study of classification and adaptation in Year 6.

NGSS Standards (K–2 Focus)

The song is a superb tool for developing the concept of Ecosystems and their various components.

Core LS Focus: Grade 2 (G2)

Targeted Alignment (G2-LS4-1): Directly supports the requirement to make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. The song identifies several distinct environments (ocean, forest, arctic) and the animals that live there.

Targeted Alignment (G2-LS2-1): Reinforces the concept that animals and plants live in specific environments because their needs (shelter, water, food) are met there.

Extension Value: Provides the key vocabulary and context necessary for the study of adaptation and environment-specific survival (G3/G4).

Global Suitability Note: The concepts in this song align with foundational Life Science standards used across Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and other English-speaking curricula.