Florida’s Natural Resources

Florida’s Natural Resources Worksheet: Florida natural resources (Grade 4 Florida Science)

Students learn the natural resources found in Florida, from water in the Floridan aquifer and limestone rock to phosphate, oil, silicon in quartz sand, sunshine, and wind. They match each resource to how people use it, such as drinking water, roads and cement, plant fertilizer, gasoline, computer chips, and electricity. The page teaches the idea first, so no prior lesson is needed, and every answer can be found on the page.

What's Inside

• A short teach box that lists each Florida resource with its use
• Part A: four picture cards (water, phosphate, limestone, sunlight); circle how we use it
• Part B: silicon and oil; two circle questions
• A raccoon guide with a question to get students thinking
• An answer key with answers marked in red, plus a short teacher note with what to watch for and a quick real-world activity

How Teachers Use It

Read the short teach box together, then let students work through Part A and Part B on their own or with a partner. It takes 8 to 10 minutes and prints clearly in black and white. The focus skill is identifying resources available in Florida and how people use them. Florida benchmark: SC.4.E.6.6: Identify resources available in Florida (water, phosphate, oil, limestone, silicon, wind, and solar energy).

Why It Works

Every use is printed on the page, so students read and match instead of guessing, and they meet resources found right where they live. Questions are short circle answers with clear choices, and the reasoning is on the teacher key.