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Skills, Machines and Seams is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on human capital, physical capital and natural resources, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.3.3-5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Skills, Machines and Seams

D2.Eco.3.3-5

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Sort each resource into its kind.

1.Sort each one: Human capital or Physical capital or Natural resource?

Sort: The medical officer's training, The steamship that carries the passage, Coal in the seams under the district

Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource
2.Sort each one: Human capital or Physical capital or Natural resource?

Sort: The spinning frames in Albion Mill, The harbourmaster's knowledge of the channel, Timber standing in the upland woods

Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource
3.Sort each one: Human capital or Physical capital or Natural resource?

Sort: The harbour crane and the quay, The mason's trade, learned over years, The deep water of the bay

Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource

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Answer key — Skills, Machines and Seams

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Coal in the seams under the district — Natural resource 2. The medical officer's training — Human capital 3. The steamship that carries the passage — Physical capital
  2. 2.1. The harbourmaster's knowledge of the channel — Human capital 2. The spinning frames in Albion Mill — Physical capital 3. Timber standing in the upland woods — Natural resource
  3. 3.1. The deep water of the bay — Natural resource 2. The harbour crane and the quay — Physical capital 3. The mason's trade, learned over years — Human capital

Questions about Skills, Machines and Seams

What does the Skills, Machines and Seams worksheet cover?

It practises human capital, physical capital and natural resources — 3 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.Eco.3.3-5: Name the people, tools and natural materials it takes to make something. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each resource into its kind”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Skills, Machines and Seams practise?

D2.Eco.3.3-5 — D2.Eco.3.3-5, in the Economics domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Identify examples of the variety of resources (human capital, physical capital, and natural resources) that are used to produce goods and services.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Skills, Machines and Seams is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.3.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Skills, Machines and Seams come with an answer key?

Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Skills, Machines and Seams can I print?

25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Skills, Machines and Seams free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Skills, Machines and Seams, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.Eco.3.3-5?

Yes — “Skills, Machines and Seams” is a 50-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.Eco.3.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Skills, Machines and Seams is the practice that follows it.

More practice for D2.Eco.3.3-5

Name the people, tools and natural materials it takes to make something.

Teaching this next? Skills, Machines and Seams is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.3.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.