Saving Natural Resources is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on ways to conserve and replenish resources, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.5.K-2. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 21 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Saving Natural Resources
D2.Geo.5.K-2
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Sort each action: does it save resources or waste them?
1.Sort each one: Saves resources or Wastes resources?
Sort: Recycling cans and bottles, Letting a faucet drip for weeks, Throwing away clothes that still fit, Composting food scraps
Saves resourcesWastes resources
2.Sort each one: Saves resources or Wastes resources?
Sort: Leaving the car running while it is parked, Planting a tree, Fixing a leaky faucet, Printing pages nobody needs
Saves resourcesWastes resources
3.Sort each one: Saves resources or Wastes resources?
Sort: Turning off lights when you leave a room, Turning off the faucet while brushing your teeth, Leaving the TV on in an empty room, Leaving the water running
Saves resourcesWastes resources
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.5.K-2 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Saving Natural Resources
Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Composting food scraps — Saves resources 2. Letting a faucet drip for weeks — Wastes resources 3. Recycling cans and bottles — Saves resources 4. Throwing away clothes that still fit — Wastes resources
2.1. Fixing a leaky faucet — Saves resources 2. Leaving the car running while it is parked — Wastes resources 3. Planting a tree — Saves resources 4. Printing pages nobody needs — Wastes resources
3.1. Leaving the TV on in an empty room — Wastes resources 2. Leaving the water running — Wastes resources 3. Turning off lights when you leave a room — Saves resources 4. Turning off the faucet while brushing your teeth — Saves resources
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.5.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.