ScienceYear 5

Living Things and Life Cycles

Learn Living Things and Life Cycles for Year 5 pupils (ages 9–10). Free practice questions, lessons and worked examples — aligned to the UK National Curriculum.

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a tiny caterpillar hatching from an egg. It eats and grows, then builds a cocoon around itself!

  2. 2

    What does a caterpillar build around itself before becoming a butterfly?

  3. 3

    Drag the pictures to put the butterfly life cycle in the right order — egg, caterpillar, cocoon, butterfly.

  4. 4

    Let's look at a frog's life cycle together.

  5. 5

    What does a tadpole grow before it becomes a froglet?

  6. 6

    Tap the stage where the frog is still a tadpole but has tiny back legs starting to grow.

  7. 7

    Which living thing changes inside a cocoon?

Practise Living Things and Life Cycles with Whizlo

Free AI-tutored lessons, unlimited practice questions, and progress tracking for ages 9–10. Aligned to the UK National Curriculum.