Living or Nonliving Task Cards with Real-Life Photos Science Sorting Activity

Ignite scientific thinking in young learners with these Living or Nonliving Task Cards featuring 60 real-life photographs. Perfect for kindergarten through 2nd grade, these engaging task cards are designed to help children practice sorting and identifying living and nonliving things based on characteristics such as movement, growth, and basic needs.

These cards provide a hands-on, visual learning experience that supports early science standards and encourages observation and classification skills. With real photographs, students can connect science concepts to the real world in a meaningful and memorable way.

What’s Included:

• 60 Real-Photo Task Cards

Ways to Use:

• Science Centers
• Morning Tubs
• Whole Class Sorting Activities
• Early Finishers
• Homeschool Science
• Interactive Science Journals

These Living or Nonliving Task Cards are ideal for interactive science lessons and aligned with NGSS for life science. The use of real-life images ensures that students can clearly differentiate between living and nonliving items, helping to build vocabulary, boost classification skills, and strengthen science literacy.

Whether used in a classroom or homeschool environment, this set is low-prep, engaging, and educational—making science accessible and fun!

This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped. 

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