SCIENCEOver the next few weeks we are going to be look at some science activities all about living things and their habitats, animals and plants.There will be a different science activity each week which follows on from the previous one.

SESSION 1 – Identifying and grouping common animals and plants.Some questions to think about: How can we group animals and plants? What makes something alive? What do a variety of animals have in common?

1. Look at each picture below and say if it is a plant or an animal and why.

2. Use some of the words below the pictures to help you to compare these animals. Write a few sentences to compare them using similarities and differences.

OR you could create a grid to compare them like this:

3. Below are some different ways of sorting or grouping animals. Have a look at the pictures around them and see if you can work out where they would go.