Natural Resources word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

I made this natural resources puzzle set for my Year 4 and Year 5 students during our Earth science unit. The kids knew trees gave us wood and the sun gave us light but couldn't tell the difference between renewable and non-renewable. So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using words like renewable, non-renewable, water, air, sun, wind, coal, oil, natural gas, trees, soil, minerals, conserve, recycle, and resource. Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help the vocabulary stick.

The download is six pages: three puzzles, each followed by its answers. The word search works well for quiet time after break. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about whether wind is renewable or not. The crossword I use for partners. I added a couple simple sun, tree, and coal drawings but nothing too busy.

Works for Years 3–6. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers list two renewable and two non-renewable resources on the back. The kids actually ask for these now.