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Sorting Animals Worksheet Pack - External Features

  • Updated

    Updated:  03 Mar 2026

Observe and classify animals based on their external features with a Sorting Animals Worksheet Pack.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  16 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  F - 1

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teaching resource

Sorting Animals Worksheet Pack - External Features

  • Updated

    Updated:  03 Mar 2026

Observe and classify animals based on their external features with a Sorting Animals Worksheet Pack.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  16 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  F - 1

Observe and classify animals based on their external features with a Sorting Animals Worksheet Pack.

Grab a No-Prep Sorting Animals Worksheet Pack

Make animal classification simple and hands-on with this print-and-go Sorting Animals Worksheet Pack for Foundation and Year 1 students. The cut-and-paste worksheets in this Sorting Animals Worksheet Pack are designed for young learners to practise identifying external animal features as they sort animals into groups based on what they notice.

You’ll Love Our Sorting Animals Activity Pack

This Sorting Animals Activity Pack includes 8 engaging cut-and-paste worksheets, each featuring 12 animal images for students to cut and sort into four external feature-based categories. Across the set, students will experience a wide variety of animal features, such as:

  • fins, tails, wings, and scales
  • beaks, antennae, trunks, and whiskers
  • hooves, claws, sharp teeth, and horns
  • fur, feathers, shells, antlers, and spots or stripes

Download Your External Features of Animals Worksheets

Our External Features of Animals Worksheets are designed to save you time. Simply print, copy, and use!

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.


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