Skills, Machines and Seams is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on human capital, physical capital and natural resources, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.3.3-5. 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 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 15 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.
Skills, Machines and Seams
D2.Eco.3.3-5
NameDate
Sort each resource into its kind.
1.Sort each one: Human capital or Physical capital or Natural resource?
Sort: The harbour crane and the quay, The river that drives the mill race, The mason's trade, learned over years
Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource
2.Sort each one: Human capital or Physical capital or Natural resource?
Sort: Timber standing in the upland woods, The spinning frames in Albion Mill, The medical officer's training
Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource
3.Sort each one: Human capital or Physical capital or Natural resource?
Sort: Coal in the seams under the district, The pipes laid under the street, The spinner's skill at the frame
Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.3.3-5 · Set 15 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Skills, Machines and Seams
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The harbour crane and the quay — Physical capital 2. The mason's trade, learned over years — Human capital 3. The river that drives the mill race — Natural resource
2.1. The medical officer's training — Human capital 2. The spinning frames in Albion Mill — Physical capital 3. Timber standing in the upland woods — Natural resource
3.1. Coal in the seams under the district — Natural resource 2. The pipes laid under the street — Physical capital 3. The spinner's skill at the frame — Human capital
More practice for D2.Eco.3.3-5
Name the people, tools and natural materials it takes to make something.
Teaching this next? Skills, Machines and Seams is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.