Explore What’s Inside a Rock With Our Earth’s Resources Worksheet 

Looking for an engaging way to help students understand where our natural materials come from? This Earth’s resources worksheet introduces fourth graders to the valuable materials found inside rocks, such as fossil fuels and groundwater. With an age-appropriate reading passage and built-in comprehension questions, this Earth’s resources worksheet encourages students to think critically about how we use these underground resources in everyday life.

Connect Science and Literacy With Natural Resources Worksheets

These natural resources worksheets are perfect for blending science and reading in your classroom! Students will read about different types of resources—renewable and nonrenewable—and focus on those found underground, such as oil, coal, water, metals, and natural gas. The included comprehension questions guide students through the key ideas, vocabulary, and using text evidence to support their thinking.

This resource download includes a fourth grade reading passage, comprehension questions, and an answer key for easy grading.

Download Your Underground Resources & Fossil Fuels Worksheet

This Underground Resources & Fossil Fuels Worksheet is available as an easy-to-use Google Slides or Printable PDF Resource file. To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button to select the file format you prefer.

This resource was created by Kaylyn Chupp, a teacher in Florida and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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Looking for more ways to teach those science standards? We recommend pairing this Natural Resources Reading Comprehension pack with these amazing resources! Make sure you check them out before you go!

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Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources – Cut and Paste Worksheet

Sort renewable and nonrenewable resources with this cut-and-paste science worksheet.

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Renewable & Nonrenewable Resources – Instructional Slide Deck

Investigate the differences between renewable and nonrenewable resources as well as the benefits and disadvantages of each with this instructional slide deck.

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What are Natural Resources - Instructional Slide Deck

Explore natural resources, where they come from, and how we use them with an instructional slide deck.