2nd - 4th Grade Earth and Space Science Resources : Page 6

Encourage your little environmentalist to learn about composting! Children will boost their reading skills as they learn what compost is and how it helps the environment.

This mix-and-match lists examples of natural resources. Kids can connect the natural resource with the resulting product.

Here's a great way to teach your kids more about our solar system. This worksheet focuses on the dwarf planet, Pluto.

Learn a bit about meteors, asteroids and comets as they travel across the night sky. Can your child round out the page by adding color to these orbiting rocks?

This word search introduces your child to important rocks and minerals vocabulary, as it strengthens his attention to detail.

How far away is the Red Planet from the sun? Find out with this great Solar System printable.

Learn about how the Earth was formed in this science worksheet that covers the early years of the Earth.

Here's a stormy science adventure that will blow your socks off! Learn about tracking hurricanes with this map of coordinates.

Learn about the science behind one of nature's most awesome spectacles: monsoons.

This worksheet is a quick-reference tool of space vocabulary for kids, with an exercise to use the words properly in provided sentences.

Challenge your science student to record a shadow over the course of a day and make the connection between shadows and the time of day.

Here are four examples of mineral resources for kids to think about, plus a short explanation of what a mineral resource is.

Discover some fun facts about the sun — and bring it to life with color — with this astronomy worksheet!

Ocean resources are an incredible part of how we live our lives; read and write about them with this worksheet.

Let your child explore the vocabulary associated with Earth's landforms with this colorful word search.

This worksheet features Uranus facts. Did you know this planet is blue and spins on its side?