Plants vs Animals Worksheets – Year 3 Science Set

Classify a given living thing as a plant or an animal based on its known characteristics.

Apply the plant/animal distinction across ten different task formats, including matching, sorting, true/false judgment, and word choice.

Associate familiar plants and animals with a basic need (such as sunlight, water, or shelter) appropriate to each.

Start with Worksheet 1's simple label task before moving to the true/false and bracketed-choice worksheets, which require applying the same knowledge in less direct phrasing.

Since no answer key is included, consider working through Worksheet 1 as a whole-class model before assigning the remaining nine worksheets independently.

Use Worksheet 10 (matching needs) as a bridge into a broader life-science needs-of-living-things discussion, since it asks students to reason beyond simple classification.

Plant/animal classification — across all ten worksheets, students apply the same core distinction to a recurring, overlapping list of familiar living things.

Multi-format task transfer — the same content knowledge is tested through direct labelling, matching, sorting, true/false judgment, bracketed word choice, odd-one-out, and needs-matching formats.

Basic needs of living things — Worksheet 10 extends classification into associating each plant or animal with something it requires, such as sunlight, water, or shelter.