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plants and animals have basic needs, including air, water, food and shelter; the places where they live meet those needs
- identifying the places where plants and animals live, including in homes and in local areas such as ponds, national parks, gardens and zoos
- identifying what they do to look after pets or plants at home, and grouping these activities
- identifying and comparing the needs of a variety of plants and animals, including humans, based on their own experiences
- creating a diorama of a place a plant or animal lives, and identifying the features that enable it to meet its needs
- recognising how cultural protocols (ethical principles that guide behaviour in particular situations when interacting with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples and that are designed to protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and intellectual property rights) around caring for Country and Place result in the promotion, preservation and protection of living things and the environment
- exploring why caring for plants and animals is important, including as sources of food and fibre
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Human Body Labelling Worksheet Pack
Highlight the features of the body with a Human Body Labelling Worksheet pack.
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Animal Flash Cards - Word Wall Display
Read, write and show your students animals around the world with an animal flash cards word wall display for your classroom.
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What Plants Need - Year 1 Worksheet
Identify what plants need to survive with a group of free plant worksheets for Year 1 students.
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Pets and Their Needs - Worksheet
A worksheet for students to identify the four basic needs of living things.
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Living or Non-living? Colour by Code Worksheet
Practise identifying living and non-living things with this colour-by-code worksheet.
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Arctic Animals Booklet - Science Reader
Learn about polar animals and build comprehension skills with a Year 2 Arctic animal book.
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Printable Animal Classification Posters
Support your F-3 students’ understanding of the animal kingdom with classroom-ready animal classification posters. Designed for durability and easy display.
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What Needs Soil to Grow? Cut and Paste Worksheet
Teach students what needs soil to grow with this cut-and-paste worksheet for early years students.
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Parts of a Sloth Worksheet - Labelling Activity
Label and learn about the different parts of a sloth with this cut and paste worksheet
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Fascinating Facts About Animals Worksheet
Build reading comprehension skills and learn about amazing animals with a printable year 1 reading comprehension worksheet pack.
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Fast Finisher Science Task Cards - Foundation
A set of 12 Science task cards.
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Living & Non-Living Things - Picture Sort
Sort biotic vs. abiotic things and discuss their characteristics with a hands-on living vs. nonliving picture sort.
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Plants and Animals Flashcards
Introduce your students to a variety of plants and animals with our printable flashcards.
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Informational Penguin Booklet (F-1)
Chill out with a good book and build decoding and comprehension skills with a printable informational penguin booklet for Year 1.
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Baby Animal Matching Game - Memory
Play a Baby Animal Matching Game for kids to learn about animals and their young.
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Animals in Winter - Hibernation Mini Book
Read and learn about animals that hibernate with a printable hibernation book for kids.
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Animals and Hibernation Worksheet Pack
Help your students learn about animals that hibernate with a printable pack of worksheets about animals and hibernation.
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Australian Animals — Adaptations Worksheets
Research and write about amazing animal adaptations with our Australian Animals Adaptation Worksheets.
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Animals and Their Habitats- Interactive Animal Habitat Game
Help a lost polar bear (and his friends) return to the correct habitat with an interactive animal habitat game.
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Animals and Their Habitats - Cut and Match Worksheets
Match animals with their habitats with a set of cut and paste worksheets.
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Animals With Scales, Fur, Shells and Feathers Worksheet Pack
Investigate different animal body coverings by sorting and colouring animals with feathers, fur, scales and shells.
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Living or Non-Living? Worksheet
Explore living and non-living thing and develop classification skills with a printable Living or Nonliving Worksheet.
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Free Parts of the Face Worksheet
Use this parts of the face worksheet highlighting features of the face.
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Pets and Their Needs PowerPoint Teaching Slides
Teach your students about the needs of living things with an engaging interactive slide deck about pets and their needs.
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Vertebrate or Invertebrate? Game
Have fun classifying vertebrates and invertebrates with an exciting Google Slides Interactive Science Game!
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Writing About Animals and Characteristics Activity Pack (F-1)
Help your young students read and write about features of animals with a printable Animals and Characteristics Write the Room activity.
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Animal Body Coverings Teaching Presentation
Discover animals with scales, shells, fur, and other body coverings with an interactive Animal Body Coverings teaching slide deck.
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Nocturnal vs. Diurnal Animals Interactive Task Cards
Identify nocturnal and diurnal animals with an engaging, interactive task card game.
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Features of Insects Mini Book
Learn about the features of insects with a printable decodable book for kids.
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Characteristics of Animals - Labelling Worksheets
Examine and identify animal body parts with printable ‘Label the Animal’ activities for students in the early years.
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Insect Flashcards - Minibeast Word Wall Display
Use printable insect flashcards as display pieces in your classroom to introduce your students to the creepiest, crawliest creatures on the planet.
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Animals in Winter Activity Book
Show what you know about hibernation and migration with a printable Animals in Winter Activity book.