Animals Changing Their Environment: Forests

Did you know animals can cause their environment to change? In this worksheet, young scientists will focus on five forest animals: a woodpecker, an ant, a cardinal, a squirrel, and a beaver. Students will match each animal with the way it changes a forest, such as building a nest or digging an anthill.

This worksheet will help kindergarteners understand how animals can interact with Earth's systems and their environment in order to meet their needs. Animals may change their habitat in order to find food, build shelter, or protect their resources. This activity will lay the foundation for deeper understanding about the interaction of plants, animals, and nonliving things in an ecosystem.