Habitat Unit
Haleakalā National Park
Post-Visit Lesson Plan # 1: Helping Each Other 1
Helping Each Other
Next Generation Science Standards:
K-ESS3-1 Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different
plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including
humans) need to survive.
2-LS4-1 Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in
different habitats.
Hawaiʻi Content and Performance Standards III:
SC.K.1.2 Ask questions about the world around them.
SC.1.3.1 Identify the requirements of plants and animals to survive (e.g., food, air, light,
water)
SC.1.5.1 Identify ways in which the same kinds of plants and the same kinds of animals
differ.
SC.2.3.1 Describe how animals depend on plants and animals.
Description:
The survival of different species depends on two species helping each other. The complex
relationships within one habitat can be hurt when one of the species is threatened or one of
the species becomes extinct.
Duration: 45 minutes
Objectives: At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to:
Determine an organism’s job in its habitat and describe how it depends on other organisms.
Name three species that are only found within Haleakalā National Park.
Recognize that some plants and animals have specific needs and live in special homes
that give them what they need.
Background:
In every environment plants and animals depend on each other for food, water, shelter, and
space. The survival of different species depends on the health of ecological systems that may be
near or far away. The complex relationships within one habitat can be hurt when one of the
species is threatened or one of the species becomes extinct. This lesson ties into the Hawaiian
ideas of laulima (working together) and kōkua (help), which are prevalent in the culture. This
lesson also connects to prior knowledge of native species. When relating interdependence to a
rainforest or local marine habitat, the use of native Hawaiian species is encouraged. For
