Year 6 Science Living Things and Their Habitats Worksheets

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Living Things and Their Habitats

Practice living things and their habitats with this free, printable Year 6 worksheet. Aligned to the England National Curriculum KS2 Science programme of study. Created with Chalkie.ai and fully customisable for your class.

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What is inside this Living Things and Their Habitats worksheet?

This Year 6 Science worksheet focuses on Living Things and Their Habitats. It gives pupils printable practice for this objective: describing how living things are classified into broad groups according to observable characteristics, and giving reasons for classifying plants and animals. It can be used in class, for homework, or for extra support.

Learning focus

Pupils practise the target skill through a focused set of printable tasks.

Key learning points

  • The worksheet is built around Living Things and Their Habitats for Year 6 Science.
  • The questions support the objective: describing how living things are classified into broad groups according to observable characteristics, and giving reasons for classifying plants and animals.
  • Tasks can be used for independent practice, small-group support, or homework.
  • The worksheet can be customised in Chalkie before printing or sharing.

How to use this worksheet

  • Review the key idea for Living Things and Their Habitats before handing out the worksheet.
  • Have pupils try the first task with support so expectations are clear.
  • Let pupils complete the main questions independently or with a partner.
  • Review answers together and ask pupils to explain one strategy or mistake.
  • Use Chalkie to customise the worksheet if pupils need more scaffolding or extra challenge.

Practice tasks

  • Use the worksheet after a lesson on Living Things and Their Habitats.
  • Set selected questions as a short homework task.
  • Use the first few questions for intervention or small-group work.
  • Ask pupils to correct one answer and explain what changed.

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