Sort Living Things by Habitat
Download a one-page 2nd grade science cut-and-paste worksheet in which students sort six plants and animals into desert, forest, ocean and Arctic tundra habitats.
- Subject
- Science
- Year group
- 2nd Grade · Elementary
- Curriculum topic
- Living things and their habitats
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This one-page cut-and-paste worksheet features six illustrated living things – a deer, a cactus, kelp, a roadrunner, a dolphin and a caribou – alongside four labeled habitat columns. Students cut out each picture and paste it under the habitat where it lives, showing that different habitats support different plants and animals.
Teaching notes
Before cutting, ask students to name each living thing and share what they already know about where it lives.
Encourage them to justify each choice with a clue from the picture, such as the kelp’s underwater setting or the caribou’s thick coat.
The finished sheet works well as a discussion piece: which habitat has the fewest living things, and why might that be?
Learning objectives
- Identify four different habitats: desert, forest, ocean and Arctic tundra
- Match plants and animals to the habitat where they live
- Explain that different habitats are home to different kinds of living things
What’s included
- One printable worksheet page
- Six illustrated cut-out cards showing plants and animals
- Four labeled habitat sorting columns
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