Resources Essential Activities for Grade 2

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Recycling

Let’s learn about recycling. Recycling is a process that involves improving disposable things. Or, it is a process to turn used waste and materials into useful products. The concept of recycling allows us to make our environment clean, as it keeps the collection of harmful bottles and materials at a minimum. In other terms, if you think about what is recycling—it is a process that involves converting waste and useless materials into something useful, which could be used for later purposes. We should encourage recycling in our society, as it is responsible for keeping the environment free from any harmful materials, which cannot be decomposed into a natural landfill. Kids should know about recycling so they could take a step forward to make the environment clean.
Your child should know that a producer is the one who produces goods and sells them to people who are known as “customers”. It’s a simple concept to teach your children and honestly, it’s not even that difficult. For a proper example, you can take your kids to a shop and show them that the person selling the stuff is the producer and those who are coming to the shop and buying that stuff, they are called the consumers. A live example will definitely come in handy to your child and he will grasp this concept easily too.For parents and teachers, it’s important to come up with ways that can increase the interest and curiosity of the children. The more curious a child will be, the better he will learn when you will teach him.
Your child must also be educated on keeping the air clean by preventing air pollution and the causes of air pollution. Long story short, your little one must know about saving Earth’s resources once you start teaching him the other basics of maths, English and other subjects. The best part is that you can make it fun for your child to learn about how to conserve natural resources. For starters, you can make him watch online Youtube tutorials, you can opt for online courses and you can even play different games and read stories to fit the concept in your little one’s brain that he/she is supposed to be a good citizen and add to the Earth’s development.
Yes, there’s no doubt in the fact that you are supposed to teach your little one everything about math and science and geography, etc but what’s more important is to educate your child about saving the Earth’s resources because this is something that will come in handy to them once they start growing up. Your little one should be educated about how he can make the Earth a cleaner place to live in by throwing the garbage in the bins instead of on the roads and streets. Your child must also be educated on keeping the air clean by preventing air pollution and the causes of air pollution. Long story short, your little one must know about saving Earth’s resources once you start teaching him the other basics of maths, English and other subjects. The best part is that you can make it fun for your child to learn about how to conserve natural resources.
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Human and Capital Resources Worksheet

Human and Capital Resources Worksheet
With so many types of resources available in the world and communities around us, it’s easy to confuse the difference between them! This human, natural, and capital resources worksheet will touch upon the differences, and help your child understand the types of resources available in his or her world! Use this worksheet to teach your child: • How to identify and differentiate between different types of resources • To understand how different types of resources influence our world and communities Open your child’s eyes to the resources available in the community around him using this easy-to-understand community helpers worksheet!
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Natural Resources Coloring Page Worksheet
Who doesn't love coloring a gorgeous nature scene? With this free PDF, your children will be able to color the glorious scene showing several of our beautiful planet's natural resources. As they color, you can show them how the sun is part of our life cycle, and talk to them about the interaction of the sun, wind and water cycles to help all of the other natural resources like trees and plants grow. It's great for helping develop fine-motor skills as well.
Natural Resources: Conservation Worksheet
Water scarcity is a difficult situation, and it occurs when people do not have enough water where they live. Tell your child some of the things that these people who live in places where there is water scarcity are no longer able to do. Then, tell them that we can prevent water scarcity and save money when we use less energy and water. This is known as conservation. Conservation is important as it protects our natural resources. Now, help them check the box next to the pictures that show conservation.
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Natural Resources Worksheet
Natural resources are nature’s gift that humans use and depend on in everyday life. Teach your child all about these precious resources using this challenging natural resources worksheet! Your child will build an appreciation for Earth’s natural gifts after learning to identify them!
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Producer or Consumer? Worksheet
Before beginning this simple worksheet, you can test your child’s knowledge by asking them if they know who a producer is, and who a consumer is. Not worries if your child comes up empty here. You can still give them a good definition. A producer is someone who makes something, and a consumer is a person who buys something. For example, your child’s favourite snacks are made by the producers, and you act as the consumers by buying and eating it. Now, look at the picture in the free pdf with your kids. Help them check the box next to the producer or consumer.
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Producers and Consumers: Sequencing Worksheet
Producers are people who make things that the consumers buy. Does your child know this? Ask them to give you some examples of producers. Then, give them your own example of a producer, like this shoe maker in the worksheet. Ask your child if they can tell you what is happening in each of the pictures. Then, ask them if they can arrange the shoe making process in the right order. Now, help them select the number that shows the correct order.
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink Worksheet
Many things can be used again in a new way, even after they might have outlived their usefulness in another way. This process is called recycling, and it is an important way that we can save our planet. After using some objects such as a can of soda, rather than throw it in the waste bin and dump it, some people recycle that used can into something new. Look at the pictures in the worksheet, what are the kids doing? Check the pictures that are examples of ways humans can help the earth.
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