
1st Grade · Science
How Animals Protect Themselves
Free printable 1st Grade science worksheet: How Animals Protect Themselves. It practices structures (NGSS 1-LS1-1). For ages 6-7. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 1st Grade
- Subject
- Science
- Skill
- Structures
- Ages
- 6–7
- Standard
- 1-LS1-1
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“How Animals Protect Themselves” is sheet 16 of 22 in our free 1st Grade Science Worksheets collection, written for children aged 6–7. It focuses on structures.
In the set it comes after “Mirrors and Light” and before “Parents Help Babies Survive”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
1-LS1-1 · Next Generation Science Standards · Grade 1
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
Children explore how the parts of plants and animals help them survive, grow and respond.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Shine a torch through each object on "Light Through or Blocked?" to check your child's answers.
- 2
Pull up a weed together and find the roots, stem and leaves after "Parts of a Plant".
- 3
Look at the sky together in the evening after the day and night sheet.







