This Living Things and Non Living Things Sorting Worksheet has kindergarten students cut out ten pictures and sort them into living and non-living groups. Answer key included for quick, hands-on science practice.
This Fish Parts Worksheet has kindergarten students label the eye, fin, mouth, and tail on a big numbered fish using a word box. An answer key is included for fast, easy checking.
This Basic Fish Parts Worksheet asks 1st graders to label six numbered parts on a big, friendly fish using a word box. An answer key is included, so science practice takes no prep at all.
This Circle the Living Things Worksheet asks Kindergarten students to spot the pictures that grow, then classify three more. Answer key included — an easy, picture-based first look at living and non-living things.
An identifying things that grow worksheet for Kindergarten students learning to tell living things from non-living things. Six picture cards and a two-column sort, with an answer key included, make science practice quick and clear.
This frog facts activity has children sort 12 fact cards onto TRUE and FALSE lily pads. Made for Kindergarten to 3rd Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
This fish parts activity has kindergarten and 1st grade children catch picture cards and label the eye, mouth, gills, fin, scales and tail, with an answer key included for quick checking.
The Classifying Living and Nonliving Things Primary Version Worksheet asks Kindergarten students to sort six familiar pictures into living and nonliving groups. An answer key is included, so this hands-on science practice takes no prep at all.
This what does a plant need activity has kindergarten and 1st grade children sing, sort picture cards and write about sunlight, water, air and soil. Answer key included.
This land or water activity is a K-2nd grade animal sorting card game with a spinner and sorting mat. Children classify animals by where they live, and an answer key is included.
This living and nonliving activity gives kindergarten to 2nd grade students 12 picture cards and a sorting mat to classify things that are alive. A practice page and answer key are included.
Explore this parts of a flower activity with kindergarten to 2nd grade students. Kids order life cycle cards, spin and color flower parts, and an answer key is included.
Using Things That Grow Activity, students play UNO to practice classifying things that grow into four categories.
Try this life cycle three pack science life cycles activity with kindergarten to 2nd grade students. Kids sequence chicken, frog and butterfly picture cards; an answer key is included.
Using this Farm Writing Activity, students practice their comparing, sequencing, and story writing skills while writing all about farm!
Using this Living and Non-Living Things Mini Pack, students learn about the Living and Non-Living Things through ten fun worksheets and four activities.
Does it eat? Does it grow?
Kindergartners learn to sort the world into two groups. Living things grow, need food and water, breathe and make more of their own kind, like a puppy, a tree or a fish. Non-living things, like a rock, a chair or a toy car, do none of these. The tricky ones are fun to argue about: a car moves, but it does not grow, so it is non-living! Kids also learn what plants and animals need to stay alive. The click moment comes when a five-year-old checks a rock against the list and says "It doesn't eat. Not alive!"
Kindergarten scientists learn this best by sorting, looking closely and asking questions.
Fill a tub with real things: a leaf, a rock, a toy, a pinecone, a plant in a cup. Kids sort them into two hoops, living and non-living, and explain each choice. Holding real objects makes the rules concrete.
Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
Try it withLiving and Nonliving ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Post three simple questions: Does it grow? Does it need food and water? Does it make babies? For each tricky item, the class checks the list out loud. Kids love debating the hard ones, like fire or a robot.
Why it works: using clear, consistent math words out loud is one of the U.S. Department of Education's recommendations for elementary math.
Try it withLiving Things and Non Living Things Sorting WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →After a nature walk, kids look at a busy picture and circle every living thing they see. Then they color the non-living things a different color. It turns the idea into a quick, satisfying search.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withCircle the Living Things WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Science is everywhere when you start looking for it.
ActivitiesPlant a bean in a cup and watch it grow. Kids draw what changes each day.
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ActivitiesSort living things by where they live, on land or in the water.
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WorkbooksA short pack of sorting and drawing pages for a living things week.
Open Living and Non-Living Things Mini Pack →Teacher favorites right now: Living Things and Non Living Things Sorting Worksheet, Fish Parts Worksheet and Basic Fish Parts Worksheet.
Living things grow, need food and water, breathe and can make more of their own kind. Non-living things do not do any of these. Checking a few objects against those rules makes it clear.
Non-living. A car moves, but it does not grow, eat or make baby cars. Kids love this one because it shows that moving is not enough to be alive.
Yes! Plants grow, need water, air and sunlight, and make seeds for new plants. Kids are often surprised, because plants do not move around like animals.
Go on a backyard or park walk and sort what you find. Ask your child to explain each choice. Planting a seed together shows a living thing growing.
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