Sort Native and Non-Native Australian Animals With Ease

This printable Native and Non-Native Australian Animals Sorting Activity is designed to help your budding scientists develop their scientific thinking and awareness of the world. This hands-on sorting activity, created specifically for Foundation and early primary learners, helps students develop their classification skills while introducing them to both Australian native animals and those that are not.

Students work on recognising features, comparing organisms, and arranging them according to their natural environments with clear visuals and easy sorting tasks.

Hands-On Animal Sorting for Early Learners

This sorting activity invites students to examine a variety of animal picture cards and decide whether each animal is native to Australia or non-native. The task encourages discussion, reasoning, and vocabulary development as students explain their thought processes and reasoning behind their choices.

Students will:

• Observe and compare animals
• Sort animals into native and non-native categories
• Practice early science classification skills
• Build awareness of Australian wildlife

The activity works beautifully as an individual task, small-group centre, or whole-class sorting discussion.

Download Your Native and Introduced Animal Sorting Activity

This resource is available in both PDF and editable Google Slides format.  To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button and choose your preferred file type.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.

More Early Years Science Activities & Resources

Pair this activity with habitat posters, animal feature worksheets, or observation tasks to deepen students’ understanding of Australian animals and strengthen early science inquiry skills across your classroom. Make sure you check these out before you go!

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