Name and Identify Carnivores, Herbivores, Omnivores Activity Pack, Slideshow, Fun Games

If you’re looking for engaging activities for learning about carnivores, omnivores and herbivores, this is the pack! There’s a colorful, interactive PowerPoint slide deck which introduces the key concepts of carnivores, omnivores and herbivores with lots of photos and is interspersed with “check what you know” slides to make sure that children have understood a concept before moving on to the next one.

The slideshow can be used as a whole-class presentation, or it can be assigned to students to work through on their own devices.

Over 30 slides are included covering:

• Carnivores
• Omnivores
• Herbivores
• Predators and prey
• Scavengers
• Different types of teeth and how these are used for eating different food

This can be followed up with a printable activity booklet or worksheets.

What’s included?

• Key concepts gap fill or explanation depending on the version
• Circle the animal that doesn’t belong to the animal group.
• Connect the animal to its food by following the trails.
• Draw an animal and write what it eats.
• Circle the word predator or prey depending on the animal.
• Draw missing teeth on the animals.
• Quiz questions to check understanding.
• Circle all the animals of one diet type.
• Crossword with clues using diet type.
• List five animals for each type.
• Wordfind to find 10 herbivores.
• Write about an animal they like.
• Match animals to their food.
• Animal jokes

And add a little fun with these games and activities:

Printable activities:

• Card sort – children match the pictures to the animal types.
• Board game – children answer a variety of questions as they make their way around the board.
• Scavenger hunt/write the room – a great way to get children moving around the classroom to find and write animals in the matching column on their worksheet. This is a great introductory activity and comes with two levels of difficulty.
• Spinner game – children race to cover the animals on their boards to match the animal type on the spinner. Two levels of difficulty are included.

Digital activities (PowerPoint games):

• Guess the animal based on the picture and diet type. This is great for an introductory whole-class activity.
• Guess the diet type (carnivore, omnivore or herbivore) of each animal. This is great for an end-of-topic whole-class activity and can be as competitive as you like.
  You could upload these to Google classroom if you use Google classroom instead of PowerPoint.

Answer key is included, plus U.S. and U.K. versions.

I hope your children enjoy learning about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores with these activities.