Interactive Activities

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Interactive and printable activities for nature and ecology. Each activity has three views: interactive drag-and-drop, answers, and a printable A4 worksheet. Activities are available for Year 1/2, Year 3/4, and Year 5/6.

Butterfly or Moth?

Drag the labels into the boxes to name each creature and describe it.
Y1/2Name & Describe
Drag the labels into the boxes to name each creature and describe it.
Name each creature and add two description labels to each one.
Y3/4Name & Describe
Name each creature and add two description labels to each one.
Name each creature and add three description labels to each one.
Y5/6Name & Describe
Name each creature and add three description labels to each one.

Name the Butterfly

Drag the name label to match each butterfly.
Y1/2Name & Describe
Drag the name label to match each butterfly.
Name each butterfly and add two description labels.
Y3/4Name & Describe
Name each butterfly and add two description labels.
Name each butterfly and add three description labels, including its scientific name.
Y5/6Name & Describe
Name each butterfly and add three description labels, including its scientific name.

Name the Moth

Drag the name label to match each moth.
Y1/2Name & Describe
Drag the name label to match each moth.
Name each moth and add two description labels.
Y3/4Name & Describe
Name each moth and add two description labels.
Name each moth and add three description labels, including its scientific name.
Y5/6Name & Describe
Name each moth and add three description labels, including its scientific name.

Name the Wildflower

Drag the name label to match each flower.
Y1/2Name & Describe
Drag the name label to match each flower.
Name each wildflower and add two description labels.
Y3/4Name & Describe
Name each wildflower and add two description labels.
Name each wildflower and add three description labels, including its scientific name.
Y5/6Name & Describe
Name each wildflower and add three description labels, including its scientific name.

Frog or Toad?

Name each creature and add two description labels.
Y1/2Name & Describe
Name each creature and add two description labels.
Name each creature and add three description labels.
Y3/4Name & Describe
Name each creature and add three description labels.
Name each creature and add three description labels, including its scientific name.
Y5/6Name & Describe
Name each creature and add three description labels, including its scientific name.

Slug or Snail?

Drag the labels to name each creature and describe it.
Y1/2Name & Describe
Drag the labels to name each creature and describe it.
Name each creature and add two description labels.
Y3/4Name & Describe
Name each creature and add two description labels.
Name each creature and add three description labels, including scientific name.
Y5/6Name & Describe
Name each creature and add three description labels, including scientific name.

Name the Snail

Name each snail and add two description labels.
Y3/4Name & Describe
Name each snail and add two description labels.
Name each snail and add three description labels, including scientific name.
Y5/6Name & Describe
Name each snail and add three description labels, including scientific name.

Frog Life Cycle

Put the pictures in the correct order to show how a frog grows.
Y1/2Life Cycle
Put the pictures in the correct order to show how a frog grows.
Put the five stages in the correct order to show how a frog develops.
Y3/4Life Cycle
Put the five stages in the correct order to show how a frog develops.
Arrange all six stages of the common frog's life cycle in the correct order.
Y5/6Life Cycle
Arrange all six stages of the common frog's life cycle in the correct order.

Toad Life Cycle

Put the pictures in the correct order to show how a toad grows.
Y1/2Life Cycle
Put the pictures in the correct order to show how a toad grows.
Put the five stages in order to show how a common toad develops.
Y3/4Life Cycle
Put the five stages in order to show how a common toad develops.
Arrange all five stages of the common toad's life cycle in the correct order.
Y5/6Life Cycle
Arrange all five stages of the common toad's life cycle in the correct order.

Butterfly Life Cycle

Put the four stages in the correct order.
Y1/2Life Cycle
Put the four stages in the correct order.
Arrange the four stages of a butterfly's life cycle in the correct order.
Y3/4Life Cycle
Arrange the four stages of a butterfly's life cycle in the correct order.
Arrange the four stages of a butterfly's life cycle and explain what happens at each stage.
Y5/6Life Cycle
Arrange the four stages of a butterfly's life cycle and explain what happens at each stage.

Sort: Butterflies and Moths

Drag each creature into the correct group.
Y1/2Sort & Classify
Drag each creature into the correct group.
Drag each creature into the correct group. Can you spot the clues in how they look?
Y3/4Sort & Classify
Drag each creature into the correct group. Can you spot the clues in how they look?
Sort all eight species into the correct group. Think carefully — some moths are active by day!
Y5/6Sort & Classify
Sort all eight species into the correct group. Think carefully — some moths are active by day!

Sort: Frogs and Toads

Drag each picture into the correct group.
Y1/2Sort & Classify
Drag each picture into the correct group.
Sort each life stage into the correct group. Look carefully at the differences.
Y3/4Sort & Classify
Sort each life stage into the correct group. Look carefully at the differences.

Sort: Slugs and Snails

Drag each creature into the correct group.
Y1/2Sort & Classify
Drag each creature into the correct group.
Sort all seven creatures into the correct group. Look for the key difference between them.
Y3/4Sort & Classify
Sort all seven creatures into the correct group. Look for the key difference between them.

Parts of a Butterfly

Drag the labels to the correct parts of the butterfly.
Y3/4Label the Parts
Drag the labels to the correct parts of the butterfly.
Label the parts of this Red Admiral butterfly using the correct scientific terms.
Y5/6Label the Parts
Label the parts of this Red Admiral butterfly using the correct scientific terms.

Parts of a Flower

Drag the labels to the correct parts of this flower.
Y3/4Label the Parts
Drag the labels to the correct parts of this flower.
Label the parts of this poppy using the correct scientific terms.
Y5/6Label the Parts
Label the parts of this poppy using the correct scientific terms.

Parts of a Snail

Drag the labels to the correct parts of this garden snail.
Y3/4Label the Parts
Drag the labels to the correct parts of this garden snail.
Label the parts of this common garden snail using the correct scientific terms.
Y5/6Label the Parts
Label the parts of this common garden snail using the correct scientific terms.