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Water Bodies and Water Features Crossword

Water bodies and features crossword puzzle for Grades 2–4. Learn terms like ocean, river, swamp, and waterfall with accessible clues.

Wind Explorers: Where the Wind Blows Word Search

Wind and weather word search for Grades 2–4. Find 14 hidden words including windmill, sail, kite, and renewable energy vocabulary.

Wind Comprehension Questions

Printable science worksheet for Grades 2–5 with six comprehension questions about wind, how the sun creates it, and how people, birds, and plants use wind.

Estados del Agua Word Search

Spanish word search on states of water for Grades 2–4. Find 10 hidden words including sólido, líquido, hielo, and vapor in a snowman-shaped puzzle.

Glen Rose Dinosaur Valley Word Search

Glen Rose Dinosaur Valley word search for Grades 3–5. Find 15 hidden words including Paluxy River, dinosaur footprints, and Brontosaurus at this Texas geology destination.

Earth Science Vocabulary Practice

Printable earth science vocabulary worksheet with 12 short-answer questions on glaciers, minerals, natural resources, weathering, atmosphere, and gravity.

Sand Formation: Weathering and Erosion

Printable earth science worksheet on how sand forms through weathering, with true-or-false, fill-in-the-blank, and multiple-choice questions.

Weathering: Why Beaches and Deserts Have Sand

Printable earth science worksheet for elementary grades on weathering, covering how wind breaks down rocks into sand at beaches and deserts.

Weathering and Sand Formation

Printable science worksheet on weathering for early-elementary students: matching pictures, fill-in-the-blank activities, and true-or-false questions about how rocks become sand.

Minerals and Sand

Printable elementary science worksheet about minerals and sand, with fill-in-the-blank vocabulary and an observation writing prompt.

Water Cycle Activity

Earth science worksheet on the water cycle with reading comprehension questions, multiple-choice items, and a color-by-direction activity for early elementary.

Water Cycle: True or False

Printable water cycle worksheet with true-or-false statements about evaporation, precipitation, and the movement of water through the environment.

Water on Earth: Salt Water and Fresh Water

Printable elementary worksheet on Earth's water: students learn about salt water and fresh water, complete a chart, and color a visual activity showing the proportion of salt to fresh water.

How Glaciers Move and Shape the Land

Printable earth science worksheet on glaciers: students read a passage and complete fill-in-the-blank questions about how glaciers move and create landforms.

How Was the Grand Canyon Formed?

Science worksheet on weathering and erosion: students read about how the Grand Canyon was formed and answer comprehension questions.

Grand Canyon: Erosion and Weathering

Printable science worksheet on erosion and weathering using the Grand Canyon as a case study. Students answer reading-comprehension questions and identify rock layers.