Encourage discussion and promote scientific thinking with these Year 5 Living Things and their Habitats Concept Cartoons. They feature a range of common misconceptions that can be unpicked as pupils explain their viewpoints. Encourage children to use evidence to justify their ideas. This will reveal any gaps in their understanding so that you can target them quickly. 

This resource features the question, 'Do all animals have the same life cycle?' and the statement, 'All plants reproduce in the same way.'

Concept cartoons are flexible in their use, meaning they could be used at the beginning or end of a topic. They are also ideal for display - ensuring a knowledge rich environment to further young minds.

Download them now to find out what your budding scientists know!

Year 5 National Curriculum link/objectives:

• describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird

• describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals