This study aimed to develop secondary school seventh-grade students' awareness of natural habitats and the interactions among living things, as well as reveal their views on the problems encountered. The study was designed as a case study, a qualitative perspective and conducted with 64 students from a private school during the 2017-2018 academic year. Three open-ended questions were posed in semi-structured interviews and the students' responses were analyzed using the content analysis technique. The results revealed that the students developed an awareness of natural habitats and the interaction among living things. The students proposed the protection of living things, protection and reproduction of habitats, transportation of living things to more suitable habitats, and protection of the natural balance, as solutions to the problems that might arise in natural habitats.