Animal Sort: Carnivore Herbivore Omnivore

Carnivore, herbivore or omnivore: students sort 18 animal photo cards, from a polar bear and a giraffe to a pig and a raccoon, onto header cards or sorting mats by what each animal eats.
Grades
Grades 1–3
Pages
12
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Sep 27, 2026

Subject
Biology, Life Sciences, Science
Topic
Science Sort, Hands on Assessment
Resource types
Assessments, Centers
Preparation
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Allow students to sort animals by what they eat. Students can sort by animal by whether they are carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores.

What is Included:

  • There are three sorting card headers for carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores.

  • There are three sorting mats for carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores.

  • There are six picture cards for each of the three sets of sorting activities.

Each sorting mat includes a real life example of an animal that belongs in that animal group. All of the picture cards also include real photographs of each animal.

What Questions are Asked:

  • To use these, students will lay out either the header cards or the sorting mats. They will then sort the animal images beneath or on top of the correct sorting mat.

When to Use:

  • Science Centre - The sorting mats can be placed in a science centre for students to learn about living things and what they eat.

  • Morning Work - These animal sorts can allow teachers to create quick and easy morning activities for students while they wait on their classmates to arrive to class.

  • Independent Practice - These animal sorts are great for students to independently work on living things.

  • Emergency Sub Plans - The low prep nature and easy to set up activity, makes these worksheets a great activity to leave with subs to assign to students.

  • Small Group Activity - These animal sorts can be used in small groups so teachers can target the students who need extra practice with living things.

  • Writing Review Activity - These animal sorts work well as a review to reinforce student's learning of living things.

These sorting activities are easy to create. The mats just need to be printed out. The picture cards need to be printed and cut apart. Once made, the sort can be used over and over.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Classify animals as carnivores, herbivores or omnivores by diet

Teaching tips

  • The header cards and the sorting mats are two layouts for the same sort, so choose one per session.

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