Protecting What We Depend On is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on how communities use science to protect Earth's resources and environment, aligned to Common Core standard 5-ESS3-1. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 15 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 2 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 15 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Protecting What We Depend On
5-ESS3-1
NameDate
Write your answer. Use the checklist.
1.A town's fresh water is a tiny share of all its water. Propose one way to protect it.
Name the measure
Say why fresh water is scarce
Say who benefits
2.A community wants to cut the energy it uses. Propose a measure and say how you would check it worked.
Name the measure
Say what you would measure
Say over what period
LessonPrint · 5-ESS3-1 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Protecting What We Depend On
Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1.A measure protecting fresh water, with the point that fresh liquid water is under 1 part in 100, and who benefits.
2.An energy-saving measure with a stated measurement and a period over which it would be checked.
More practice for 5-ESS3-1
Gather information on how communities use science to protect resources.
Teaching this next? Protecting What We Depend On is the 60-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.