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Living Needs Exploration Worksheet

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Living Needs Exploration Worksheet

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🌱 Part 1: Matching Living Things to Their Needs

WALT: Understand the basic needs of living organisms and how these help them survive.

1. Draw lines to match each living thing to what it needs. (Some may need more than one!)
🐟 Fish
🌻 Sunflower
🐦 Bird
🐱 Cat
💧 Water
🍎 Food
🏠 Shelter
💨 Air
2. Circle the things that ALL living things need to survive:

Food

Toys

Water

Television

Air

Shelter

✏️ Part 2: Fill in the Blanks

3. Complete these sentences using words from the word bank:

Word Bank: water, food, air, shelter, survive, living

a) All __________ things need __________ to drink.

b) Animals need __________ to breathe.

c) Plants and animals need __________ to grow and stay healthy.

d) Many living things need __________ to stay safe and protected.

e) These four needs help living things __________.

4. Choose ONE living thing and explain why it needs each item:

My chosen living thing: ____________________

Food: My living thing needs food because ____________________

Water: It needs water to ____________________

🎨 Part 3: Draw and Explain

5. Draw a living thing and show how it gets its four basic needs. Label your drawing!
6. Extension Challenge: Compare two different living things. How are their needs the same? How are they different?

Living thing 1: _____________ Living thing 2: _____________

Same needs:

Different ways they meet their needs:

7. Exit Ticket: Complete this sentence:

One living thing needs _________________ because _________________

🌟 Success Criteria - Tick when you can do this!

I can name at least three essential needs of a living thing

I can match each need to how it helps an organism survive

I can use science vocabulary correctly (need, living, food, water, air, shelter)

I can explain my thinking clearly

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