How do animals get the energy they need? This Grade 5 science worksheet focuses on how animals use energy from food, introducing an important topic in life science. It gives teachers a resource centred on the relationship between food and energy in animals.

Explore Energy from Food

Understanding how animals use energy from food is an important part of elementary science. This topic provides a foundation for exploring the role of food in animal life and the connection between food and energy.

Grade 5 Science Resource

Designed for Grade 5 science instruction, this resource can be considered when planning lessons about animals and energy. It is also relevant to broader classroom discussions about how living things obtain and use energy.

Classroom Use

Use this worksheet as part of a Grade 5 science lesson on energy from food. It can be included in a unit exploring animals and energy, used for individual classroom practice, or considered as an additional printable resource when teaching this topic.

Curriculum Reference

The supplied curriculum information identifies the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), 2013, performance expectation 5-PS3-1. The resource details do not provide enough information to verify the specific activities or demonstrate full standards alignment.

Resource Information

• Subject: Science
• Grade: Grade 5
• Main topic: How animals use energy from food
• Resource type: Worksheet

A focused printable resource for teachers introducing the relationship between animals, food and energy in elementary science.