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GeographyYears 8, 9About 5 sessions (estimate, no timer)A parent checks the finished piece
The Habitat Design Challenge
Design a habitat that fits a real animal's real geography — mountains, seasons, water and all.
What you'll make
A range map, a climate graph, an annotated habitat plan or model, and an evidence-based explanation with a trade-off.
What you'll learn
- Biomes and how climate shapes vegetation
- Reading range maps
- Climate graphs
- Weighing trade-offs with evidence
You'll need
Paper or card · Your earlier zoo enclosure work (optional)
This builds on the zoo enclosure project — it's a geography investigation, not a pet-keeping guide. No live animals or distressing footage.
Curriculum links
- Understand the key processes in biology relating to biomes, vegetation belts and ecosystems
- Understand weather and climate, including the change in climate from the Ice Age to the present
- Extend locational knowledge and deepen spatial awareness of the world's countries, focusing on Europe and North and South America
- Interpret and analyse a range of quantitative and qualitative data, including statistical data on trends and relationships between geographical phenomena
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