Carnivore, Herbivore or Omnivore?

Carnivore, Herbivore or Omnivore?

We are LEARNING to

• Identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
• Group and sort a variety of common animals based on the foods they eat.

Super Helpful FACTS

• Carnivores eat other animals (meat)
• Herbivores eat plants
• Omnivores eat other animals and plants

Useful Link

What types of food do animals eat? - BBC Bitesize

TASK

• Sort a collection of domestic animals into groups according to the type of food they eat.
• Sort into alternative groups, using their own classification criteria, and explain your reasons.
• Record your ideas with drawings and labels on paper.
• Add your favourite creatures to the Aspen and Larch Padlet.

Use the animal comparisons resource below: this includes a variety of domestic animals and different food pictures, such as meat, fish, leaves, fruit and grass, along with labels for making category sets. Use these as a starter and then compare your results with the answer sheets - how did you do?

Can you think of any other wild animals? Use the same category labels and food pictures with your own toy animals, drawings or photographs. I wonder if you will need to draw different food for these animals? Do whales eat fish food from a tub?

Have you found more carnivores, herbivores or omnivores? Is that true about all animals around the world? Which do you think there are more of? FIND OUT!

Practical Resources

• Small world toy domestic and wild animals
• Food pictures
• Category labels
• Paper for pictures and labels plus pencils
• Padlet (click image below for link)