Printable Living Things and Non Living Things Activity Worksheets

- Year levels
- Years 1–5
- Pages
- 8
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Grammar, Language Development, English
- Topic
- Living and Nonliving Things Worksheets, Science Worksheets for Kids
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Australian Curriculum content descriptions
- AC9S3U01 — compare characteristics of living and non-living things and examine the differences…
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About this resource
Introduction
This set of Living and Nonliving Things Worksheets helps young learners understand the difference between living and non-living things. Students explore the basic characteristics of living things such as growth, movement, reproduction, and the need for food, water, and air. These activities help build early science knowledge while strengthening observation and classification skills.
What’s Included:
Identifying living and non-living things activities
Sorting words into living and non-living categories
True or False understanding exercises
Questions about the characteristics of living things
Matching living things with their needs (food, water, sunlight, air, shelter)
Sentence completion activities
Writing simple explanations about living and non-living things
Early science and vocabulary skill development
Year Levels / Ages:
Ideal for Years 1–3 and early learners studying basic science concepts.
Implementation Format:
Perfect for science lessons, morning work, small group instruction, independent learning, classroom activities, science centres, or homework.
Answer Key:
Not included
File Type:
PDF (Non-editable)
Number of Pages:
8 pages total
License:
Paid product for personal or single-classroom use only
Tags to Use:
Living and nonliving things worksheets, science worksheets for kids, living vs nonliving activities, early science learning, classification worksheets, Year 1 science, Year 2 science, Year 3 science, primary science worksheets
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Classify objects as living or nonliving
Identify characteristics shared by living things
Match living things to the needs that keep them alive
Skills covered
Classification — circling or boxing pictured objects and sorting word lists into living and nonliving groups
Explaining — writing a sentence that tells whether each object is living or nonliving
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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
- AC9S3U01 — compare characteristics of living and non-living things and examine the differences between the life cycles of plants and animals
Core concepts
Living things
Nonliving things
Characteristics of living things
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