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 7 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 spinning frames in Albion Mill, The deep water of the bay, The harbourmaster's knowledge of the channel
Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource
2.Sort each one: Human capital or Physical capital or Natural resource?
Sort: Coal in the seams under the district, The mason's trade, learned over years, The steamship that carries the passage
Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource
3.Sort each one: Human capital or Physical capital or Natural resource?
Sort: The river that drives the mill race, The harbour crane and the quay, The spinner's skill at the frame
Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.3.3-5 · Set 7 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Skills, Machines and Seams
Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The deep water of the bay — Natural resource 2. The harbourmaster's knowledge of the channel — Human capital 3. The spinning frames in Albion Mill — Physical capital
2.1. Coal in the seams under the district — Natural resource 2. The mason's trade, learned over years — Human capital 3. The steamship that carries the passage — Physical capital
3.1. The harbour crane and the quay — Physical capital 2. The river that drives the mill race — Natural resource 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.