Natural or Human-Made?
3rd grade natural resources worksheet: sort 14 pictures into natural and human-made, then match five products to the resource they come from. With answers.
3rd Grade Natural Resources Worksheets
3rd grade natural resources worksheets: what natural resources are, natural and human-made products, renewable and nonrenewable resources, and how communities use and protect them.
3rd Grade Social Studies6 worksheets
Natural Resources worksheets to download
Where Do Products Come From?
3rd grade natural resources worksheet: complete six flow charts from tree to pencil to soda can, then draw one for a classroom item. Answer key included.
Renewable or Nonrenewable Sort
3rd grade renewable or nonrenewable resources worksheet: sort 12 pictures such as wind, trees, coal and oil, then answer three questions. Answer key included.
Communities and Their Resources
3rd grade communities and natural resources worksheet: match a coastal, farm, mountain and mining town to a resource and a job, then answer three questions.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Plan
3rd grade reduce, reuse, recycle worksheet: sort eight actions, then fill in a class action plan to save one natural resource at school. Sample answers.
Natural Resources Check
3rd grade natural resources check: circle natural resources, match paper, glass and wool to their sources, mark R or N and save water. Answer key included.
Curriculum objectives covered
“Tell natural resources from human-made products.”
“Trace a product back to the natural resource it is made from.”
“Trace a product back to the natural resource it comes from.”
“Describe the steps that turn a natural resource into a product.”
“Tell renewable resources from nonrenewable resources.”
“Explain why people should save nonrenewable resources and how to use them more carefully.”
“Match a community to the natural resource it depends on and to the job people do there.”
“Explain how a community is affected when a resource runs out.”
“Tell a nonrenewable resource from the others and name a resource in your own community.”
“Sort actions into reduce, reuse and recycle.”
“Plan how a class can save one natural resource at school.”
“Tell natural resources from things people make.”
“Match a product to the natural resource it is made from.”
“Tell renewable resources from nonrenewable resources, and name a way to save one.”
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