How can you tell they’ve got it: Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Define carnivore, herbivore, and omnivore in own words; Sort at least six common animals into the three diet groups; Give a reason for each sorting decision based on what the animal eats. Or just try it together: Can your child explain why a cat is a carnivore, a rabbit is a herbivore, and a bear is an omnivore?

Science Organisms & Life Processes Ages 5–6

Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores

Your child can sort animals by what they eat. A cat eats meat, a rabbit eats plants, and a bear eats both. They can explain each choice.

In curriculum terms

Classify common animals as carnivores (eat meat), herbivores (eat plants), or omnivores (eat both)

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How to tell they’ve got it

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Define carnivore, herbivore, and omnivore in own words
Sort at least six common animals into the three diet groups
Give a reason for each sorting decision based on what the animal eats

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Try this together

Can your child explain why a cat is a carnivore, a rabbit is a herbivore, and a bear is an omnivore?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Naming Common Animalsages 5–6Must identify animal groups before classifying by diet

Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivoresthis skill · ages 5–6

Unlocks

Simple Food Chainsages 6–7Must know carnivore/herbivore/omnivore to understand food chains

Plant-Eaters vs Meat-Eatersages 5–7Curriculum herbivore/carnivore/omnivore classification provides foundation for dinosaur diet sorting

Animal Nutritionages 7–8Carnivore/herbivore/omnivore classification supports understanding nutrition differences

Predator Hunting Strategiesages 7–9Predator-prey strategies build on curriculum classification of carnivores/herbivores/omnivores

Types of Teethages 8–9Carnivore/herbivore classification helps understand why animals have different teeth

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 1 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9SFU01low confidenceFoundation · Science understanding

observe external features of plants and animals and describe ways they can be grouped based on these features

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S2U01low confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Understanding strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

Nearby on the map

Animal Body Groupsages 5–7 Body Parts & Sensesages 5–6 Common Plants & Treesages 5–6 Living Things Vocabularyages 5–7

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