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Free Living and Nonliving Cards and Worksheets

Free Living and Nonliving Cards and Worksheets

This unit will help your kids learn about living and nonliving things.  Some of the things that are included in this mini-packet include

  • Living and Nonliving Sorting Cards
  • The Characteristics of Living Things Notebook Pages – cut and paste activity
  • Several different types of living and nonliving worksheets – cut-and-paste page, circle the answer page, bingo marker page, word tracing page and a living non-living identification worksheet

There are four pages of free Living and Nonliving Sorting Cards, plus a sorting mat.

Free Living Nonliving Sorting CardsHere is a better look at the Characteristics of Living Things Activity. You can go over the materials and have your kids trace some of the key words or you can print out the three pages and have your kids cut out the pictures and glue them on the appropriate space as you go over the material with them.

Characteristics of Living Things Worksheet ActivityThere are a half-dozen Living and Nonliving Worksheets

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Thanks Bunches! ~Liesl

FREE Living - Nonliving Cards and WorksheetsLiving Non-Living Worksheets - FREE Printable

This Living Nonliving Unit is free!

You may want to check out some of our BIG Animal Bundle and all of the zoology materials we have at the Animal Bundle post, down below or in Our Store.

Note: This is a FREE download although the emails from SendOwl (the delivery service I use) may say “Your Order” or “Your Purchase.” Just wanted you to know! 🙂  ~Liesl

FREE Living and Nonliving Cards, Worksheets and Activities

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Be sure to check some of our other Zoology materials below!!

Free Living and Nonliving Cards Worksheets and ActivitiesLearn more about Zoology/Animals with our Big Animal BUNDLE

8 PDFs including the 1) Animal Unit (including vertebrate-invertebrate sorting cards and activities), 2) Life Cycles Unit, 3) World Animals Unit, 4) Rainforest Unit, and 5) Winter Unit (Arctic vs. Antarctica, Polar Animals, Penguins, Seals, Whales, hibernation and more) plus mini-units on 6) Wolves, 7) Cicadas and 8) Chameleons

Big Animal BUNDLE - with 8 pdfsBe sure to check your PayPal email address for the download link. If you have any questions or problems feel free to email me! You should get your automatic download link from SendOwl within a few minutes. If you don’t, be sure to email me if you need me to send the link to you again!  ~Liesl

Our units are PDF digital downloads.

  $19.99 Big Animal BUNDLE – This bundle includes  1) Animal Unit, 2) World Animals Packet, 3) Rainforest Packet, 4) Life Cycles Packet, 5) Winter Packet  6) Cicadas Packet 7) Chameleons Packet and the 8) Wolves Packet More details here at the Big Animal BUNDLE page or  view image 1 or  image 2.

Big Animal BUNDLE - Worksheets and Activities Rainforests World Animals Life Cycles Hibernation Polar Animals and More

  • The Animal Unit is 100+ pages. It covers basic animal classification, animal characteristics, body coverings: feathers, fur, scales or skin, vertebrate groups, invertebrate groups, domesticated vs. wild animals, animals and their tracks, nocturnal vs diurnal animals, animal homes and shelters and more!
  • The World Animal Packet is 75+ pages. It covers animals of the 7 continents.  There is a new section all about African animals of the savanna.
  • The Rainforest Packet is 75+ pages. Learn all about Tropical and Temperate Rainforests, where they are located, Amazon Rainforest Facts, rainfall in the Amazon, Animals & Insects of the Amazon, Layers of the Rainforest Activities and more.
  • The Life Cycles Packet is 50+ pages. It helps kids become familiar with the different stages in the life cycles of the chicken, sea turtle, frog, mosquito, butterfly, dragonfly, bee, mouse, and ladybug.
  • The Winter Packet and Hibernation Unit is 100+ Pages.  The first part covers Growing Crystals, Months/ Seasons, Earth’s Axis and the Seasons, Arctic vs. Antarctica, Polar Animals, Penguins, Seals, Whales, about a dozen PreK Activity Pages. The Hibernation Unit covers: why animals hibernate, terms such as torpor, brumation, estivation, diapause, endotherms vs. ectotherms.  Plus, it covers where animals spend the winter and the dangers of hibernation. It includes various activities such as notebook pages, interactive notebook/lapbook pieces, matching and tracing pages.
  • Cicadas Packet: This 20-page unit includes cicada worksheets, notebook pages and a lapbook so kids can learn more about this fascinating insect!
  • Chameleons Packet This 15-page mini-unit helps kids learn all about chameleons from where they live and what they eat to how big they are and why the change colors.
  • Wolves Packet This 35+page mini-unit helps learn all about wolves. It includes notebook pages with tracing, a lapbook and activity pages.

  $5.99  Animal Unit (100+ pages) – This unit covers animal characteristics, Feather, fur or scales?,  animal classification (the animal kingdoms, vertebrates and invertebrate groups), insects vs. spiders, animal tracks, animals homes and shelters, nocturnal vs. diurnal animals and more! Quick Preview or More details here or view image 1, image 2, image 3, image 4, image 5, image 6, image 7, image 8, image 9, image 10, image 11

Animal Unit - 100-page Animal Characteristics Vertebrates Invertebrates Spiders Insects Animal Homes and moreAnimal-Unit-100-pages-worksheets-feathers-fur-scales-skin-vertebrates-invertebrates-insects-spiders

Vertebrate - invertebrate Montessori Cards

Feathers Fur Scales or Skin Worksheets and Sorting Cards

Nocturnal Animal Quick Study - Opossums Raccoons Skunks Beavers(more pictures down below!!)

  $4.99  World Animals Unit (60+ pages) Animals of the 7 Continents: Montessori 3-part cards and Activity Pages, best for ages 3-7 or so. Also in the World Animals Unit is the mini-unit on Animals of the African Savanna  Quick Preview or view image 1, view image 2, view image 3 (African Animals)

World Animals Unit - Montessori Cards Games Activities and moreAfrican Animals of the Savanna Worksheets and Notebook Pages

  $10.00 BUNDLE OPTION: Animal Unit and World Animal Unit

The Animal Unit is more than 100 pages. The World Animal Unit is 70+ pages. More details below!

Animal World Animal BUNDLE of 2

$4.99 Amazon Rainforest Packet (50 pages) Quick Preview or visit the post or view image 1, image 2, image 3, image 4, image 5

Rainforest Unit - Animals of the Rainforest Layers of the RainforestRainforest Booklet Worksheets Rainforest Layers Worksheets

$4.99  Life Cycles Packet (50 pages) Explore the life cycles of the chicken, sea turtle, frog, mosquito, butterfly, dragonfly, bee, ladybug, mouse Quick Preview or visit the post or view image 1, image 2, image 3, image 4, image 5

Life Cycles Unit - Chicken Sea Turtle Frog Mosquito Butterfly Dragonfly and More $4.99  Winter Unit – Earth’s Axis/Seasons; The Arctic vs. Antarctica; Polar Animals includes a Hibernation Unit (100+ pages)   Winter Packet and Hibernation Unit Quick Preview or view the post or view image 1, image 2 Arctic vs Antartica, image 3 polar animals, image 4 seals sea lions penguins, image 5 Hibernation Unit

Winter and Hibernation Unit with Polar Animals Seals Whales Penguins and MoreWinter Packet - Earth's Axis, Seasons, Arctic Antarctica, Polar Animals Hibernation and morePolar Animals - Winter Unit Worksheets and Activities

Polar Animals LapbookHibernation Unit for KidsHibernation Worksheets - Winter Unit

$2.50 Cicadas Packet This 20-page unit includes cicada worksheets, notebook pages and a lapbook so kids can learn more about this fascinating insect! See more at this post.

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$2.50 Chameleons Packet This 15-page mini-unit helps kids learn all about chameleons from where they live and what they eat to how big they are and why the change colors.

Chameleons Packet Chameleon Lapbook or Interactive Notebook Activity $3.50 NEW! Wolves Packet (35+ pages) Learn all about wolves from where they live, why they howl, to how they raise their young.  This includes notebook pages with tracing or pages with questions to research/answer, interactive notebook pieces/lapbook and some fun activity pages.  View the post, view image 1, image 2, image 3, image 4, image 5, image 6, image 7, image 8

Wolves Unit

Wolves Mini-Unit Worksheets Notebook Activities LapbookLearn all about wolves - worksheetsWolves Interactive Notebook Activity $4.00 Dinosaur Unit (100+ pages – Multi-Age Packet: 50 pages for ages 3-6; 60 pages for ages 7-9) View Post or View image 1, image 2, image 3, image 4 lapbook, image 4

Dinosaur Unit - Activities Lapbook Games and MoreDinosaur Unit Activities Dinosaur Notebook Pages - Tracing

$3.50 Mitten Activities Packet (40 pages) View Post or View image 1, image 2, image 3, image 4

Mitten Activities Packet ages 4-6

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$5.99  Five Senses Unit You can find out more about our NEW 100+ page Five Senses Packet. Details are here: View Post, image 1, image 2, image 3, image 4, image 5

Five Senses Unit - Worksheets Sorting Cards Interactive Notebook Activities and MoreFive Senses Sorting and Cut-and-Paste Activities Five Senses Hands-On Activities

You can find out more about our BIG Animal Bundle here! One Mum from the U.K. said, “We got the animal bundle a few weeks back. An AMAZING resource! Perfect for a combined geography project. Especially love how you can adapt these packs to suit your learning style!”

Big Animal BundleBig Animal Bundle - Worksheets and Activities TOPICS

Animal Packet

We have a 100+ page packet all about animals!  The Animal Unit covers various topics such as body coverings (feathers, fur, scales, skin), the different types of animals (vertebrates, invertebrates), animal characteristics, insects vs. spiders, herbivores/carnivores/omnivores,  domesticated vs. wild animals, animal tracks, animal homes and shelters and much more!

Animal-Unit-100-pages-worksheets-feathers-fur-scales-skin-vertebrates-invertebrates-insects-spidersVertebrate - Invertebrate Cards

Feathers Fur Scales or Skin Worksheets and Sorting CardsHerbivores Carnivores Omnivores Worksheets Activities Sorting CardsHerbivore Carnivore Omnivore Worksheets and Activities (in the Animal Packet) herbivore carnivore omnivore sorting cards and sorting mat

Here are some of the materials and activities that are included in the Animal Packet:

The five animal groups & animal characteristics:

Vertebrate-Animal-Groups-Worksheets

The 5 animal groups worksheets

Animal-Track-ActivitiesNocturnal Animal Quick Study - Opossums Raccoons Skunks Beavers

Be sure to check out our Life Cycles Packet! This new 50+ page Life Cycles Packet helps kids become familiar with the different stages in the life cycles of the chicken, sea turtle, frog, mosquito, butterfly, dragonfly, bee, mouse, and ladybug.

Life Cycles Packet - chicken sea turtle frog mosquito and more

Life Cycles Worksheets and Activities

Life Cycle Montessori 3-Part Cards chicken frog dragonfly mosquito butterflyLIfe Cycle Worksheets chicken, sea turtle, frog, mosquito, butterfly, dragonfly, bee, and mouse

You might be interested in our Big Animal BUNDLE (which include the units above)– 1) Animal Unit, 2) World Animals Packet, 3) Rainforest Packet, 4) Life Cycles Packet, 5) Winter Packet — These links take you directly to the post (where they can be purchased separately). Or, you can visit our store to purchase these individually.

Quick Previews

$19.99

Big Animal BUNDLE

Don’t forget to check your PayPal email address for the download link!

Or purchase them individually: (Visit Our Store for more science, history, math and spelling packets)

  $5.99 Animal Unit (100+ pages)

  $4.99  World Animals Unit (60+ pages) Animals of the 7 Continents: Montessori 3-part cards and Activity Pages, best for ages 3-7 or so

  $4.99 Amazon Rainforest Packet (50 pages)

$4.99  Life Cycles Packet (50 pages) Explore the life cycles of the chicken, sea turtle, frog, mosquito, butterfly, dragonfly, bee, ladybug, mouse

  $4.99 Winter Unit – Earth’s Axis/Seasons; The Arctic vs. Antarctica; Polar Animals and More (75+ pages)

Don’t forget to check your PayPal email address for the download link.

Big Animal Bundle

Rainforest Unit Worksheets and ActivitiesLife Cycle Worksheets - Activities - Montessori CardsWinter Packet for Early ElementaryPolar Animals WorksheetsHibernation Unit (in the Winter Packet)Hibernation Unit for Kids

Rainforest Unit Worksheets and Activities

 

These packets can be purchased together or separately:

If you have older students (late elementary, middle school), you might be interested in our Biology Materials:

$37.99 Biology BUNDLE of 5: 1) Biology Unit (Biomes, habitats, food chains/webs, feeding relationships) 2)  Scientific Classification & Taxonomy Packet 3) Ocean Unit & Layers of the Ocean/Ocean Zone Activities 4) Cells Unit 5) Botany Unit

See more details at this page: Biology BUNDLE of 5

The Biology Bundle of 5 includes these 5 packets (these can also be purchased separately. See the Biology BUNDLE page:

Biology BUNDLE of 5 Units

1) Biology Unit (Biomes, habitats, food chains/webs, feeding relationships) – (70 pages)

2)  Scientific Classification & Taxonomy Packet (60 pages)

3) Ocean Unit & Layers of the Ocean/Ocean Zone Activities (65 pages)

4) Cells Unit (100 pages)

5) Botany Unit (70+ pages)

Biology Packet Ecosystems Biomes Habitats Food Chains Food Webs Symbiosis Population WorksheetsCell Unit - Plant and Animal Cell Worksheets and ActivitiesScientific Classification and Taxonomy Unit for Middle School and early High School Ocean Unit - Marine Habitats Coral Reefs Tide Pools Tides Features of the Ocean Floor Fish Shapes and more worksheetsSee more details at this page: Biology BUNDLE of 5

Biology Bundle of 5

Biology Packet - Ecosystems Biomes Food Chains Food Web Trophic Levels Populationssymbiosis commensalism mutualism worksheets and activitiesBiology Unit - biomes biological interactions

Botany Unit - Worksheets and Notebook Pages - Plant Kingdom Moss Ferns conifers angiospermsParts of a Flower Parts of a Seed Worksheets and Notebook PagesCell Unit -- Plants vs Animal Cells -- Eurkaryotic vs Prokaryotic Cells OrganellesOcean worksheets marine habitats ocean features and more Ocean Unit - Marine Habitats Coral Reefs Tide Pools Tides Currents Ocean Zones Bioluminescence Worksheets and more Scientific Classification and Taxonomy Unit - Packet 60+pagesScientific Classification- Dichotomous Key ActivitiesAnimal Classification CardsScientific Names WorksheetsTaxonomy and Classification Activity - Domain Kingdom PhylumTaxonomy-Scientific Classification-Activities

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Here’s a bit more detail about some of the packets in the Biology BUNDLE:

Biology Unit

Biology-Unit-Biosphere-Biomes-Habitats-Packet

Food Chain Food Web Food Pyramid Activties - Interactive Notebook Pages

symbiosis commensalism mutualism worksheets and activities

Scientific Classification and Taxonomy Packet:

Scientific Classification and Taxonomy Unit - Packet 60+pages

In this unit, we started off by talking about why we classify things. We learned about the dichotomous key and did a number of activities to understand how they work. We talked about why classification is useful and how we can do that in a way that is organized and logical.

Scientific Classification- Dichotomous Key ActivitiesThen we went into more detail about the history of classification.  Scientists have been grouping and categorizing different species for most of human history. In the past 300 years or so, scientists have worked on developing a logical, organized system for classifying the species around us.

All living organisms are classified by their characteristics. We keep adding to and adjusting the classification system as new evidence become available through DNA research and molecular studies! We talked about Linnaeus and his contributions to the classification of animals and his system of naming organisms (binomial nomenclature).

History Scientific Classification - Linnaeus Notebook PagesWe talked about the current system of classification and by the end of the unit, the kids were readily able to identify the types of organisms that have been classified as Bryozoa, Platyhelminthes, Porifora and other phyla in the Animalia Kingdom.

Taxonomy-Scientific Classification-ActivitiesWe did a number of hands-on activities studying and observing various species and even did some simple dissections at the end of the unit.

Biology Bundle includes the Biology Unit (Biomes, food chains, etc) plus the Scientific Classification & Taxonomy Unit and the Ocean Unit…

Ocean Unit:

This unit is a study of the hydrosphere — Earth’s oceans, tides, marine life (including bioluminescent critters, and more!)

Ocean Unit - Marine Habitats Coral Reefs Tide Pools Tides Features of the Ocean Floor Fish Shapes and more worksheets Ocean Unit - Marine Habitats Coral Reefs Tide Pools Tides Currents Ocean Zones Bioluminescence Worksheets and moreIn our ocean studies we explored

  • Marine Habitats
  • Water Form Words (bay, estuary, lagoon, fjord, etc.)
  • Features of the Ocean Floor (trench, seamount, guyot, etc.)
  • Ocean Navigation (early navigation with astrolabes & the constellations, modern SONAR)
  • Salinity
  • Ocean Currents (Surface & Deep Sea Currents)
  • Ocean Life:
    • Special Body Features
    • Fish Body Shape and Movement
    • Biological Interactions: Mutualism and Commensalism in the Ocean
    • Deep Sea Life – Bioluminescence, Anglerfish

We also talked about the ocean zones and different layers of the ocean again (which we covered three or four years ago).

Ocean worksheets marine habitats ocean features and more

Features-of-the-Ocean-Floor-WorksheetsOcean Zones - Layers of the Ocean ActivityFish-Body-Shape-Features-WorksheetsBioluminescence-Worksheets

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