Year 5 Life and living things worksheets
Understanding puberty
In order to be able to have children, our bodies need to go through changes. Puberty is a big change that occurs in girls and boys roughly between the ages of 11 and 14. Read this text a few times. Now cover it over and see if you can remember four changes for girls and four changes for boys
The life cycle of an owl
Can you cut out these cards and arrange them in the correct order on the life cycles frame?
The life cycle of a sunflower
Can you cut out these cards and arrange them in the correct order on the life cycles frame?
The life cycle of a bee
Can you cut out these cards and arrange them in the correct order on the life cycles frame on the next page?
The human life cycle
Can you cut out these cards and arrange them in the correct order on the life cycles frame?
The effects of a healthy diet
Eating a balanced diet is important for maintaining good health. This food pyramid shows us how much we should have of each food group every day. Why do you think we need these different food groups? Can you do some research into the nutrients each group gives us.
Researching life cycles
Think of an animal or plant you are particularly interested in. Can you research their life cycle? Draw or print out some pictures to make your life cycle clearer.
Research the life of Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall is a world-famous primatologist who has made lots of important scientific discoveries about chimpanzees and how they behave. Can you do some research and find the answers to these questions about her life?
Pregnancy in humans
This table shows what happens in the different stages of pregnancy. Some of the boxes are blank. Can you fill in what happens at these stages by researching it in library books or on the internet?
Analysing growth in babies and toddlers
This line graph shows how much baby Jack weighed throughout his first year. Can you answer the following questions?
Understanding a frog’s life cycle
Look at these pictures of the stages of a frog’s life cycle. Can you arrange them into a cycle diagram? Can you read the statements and match them to each stage?
Life cycles card game
This game is designed to help you revise the key stages in different life cycles. The aim of the game is to collect all four stages in each life cycle.
Identifying good habitats
Try to find four different habitats that animals or minibeasts live in around your house. Make notes on how effective each of these habitats is.