Problems, Actions and Effects (Grade 4)
Free printable HASS inquiry skills worksheet for Grade 4. Students match community problems to sensible responses and predict the most likely effect of each action.
Grade 4 · Social Studies worksheet
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Social Studies
Problems, Actions and Effects
Match each community problem to the most sensible response, then circle the most likely effect of each action. Extension (not marked): propose one action for a problem you have noticed at school.
- 1.Match: Students arrive hot and thirsty after lunchtime play
- a) Set up a volunteer watering roster for the holidays
- b) Put a notice about the programs in the school newsletter
- c) Ask the council to plant a shade tree or add a shelter
- d) Ask the council to fit bins with closing lids
- e) Add a water refill station near the playground
- 2.Match: Litter keeps blowing out of the open bins at the park
- a) Set up a volunteer watering roster for the holidays
- b) Put a notice about the programs in the school newsletter
- c) Ask the council to plant a shade tree or add a shelter
- d) Ask the council to fit bins with closing lids
- e) Add a water refill station near the playground
- 3.Match: The bus stop has no shade on hot afternoons
- a) Set up a volunteer watering roster for the holidays
- b) Put a notice about the programs in the school newsletter
- c) Ask the council to plant a shade tree or add a shelter
- d) Ask the council to fit bins with closing lids
- e) Add a water refill station near the playground
- 4.Match: The community garden dries out over the holidays
- a) Set up a volunteer watering roster for the holidays
- b) Put a notice about the programs in the school newsletter
- c) Ask the council to plant a shade tree or add a shelter
- d) Ask the council to fit bins with closing lids
- e) Add a water refill station near the playground
- 5.Match: New families do not know about the library's free programs
- a) Set up a volunteer watering roster for the holidays
- b) Put a notice about the programs in the school newsletter
- c) Ask the council to plant a shade tree or add a shelter
- d) Ask the council to fit bins with closing lids
- e) Add a water refill station near the playground
- 6.The council fits closing lids to the park bins. Which effect is most likely?
- a) Less litter blows around the park
- b) The park gets more rain
- c) The playground equipment gets newer
- 7.A water refill station is added near the playground. Which effect is most likely?
- a) The oval grows more grass
- b) Students can refill their bottles without leaving the playground
- c) Lunchtime becomes twice as long
- 8.A shelter is built at the sunny bus stop. Which effect is most likely?
- a) People waiting for the bus have shade on hot days
- b) The bus arrives earlier every day
- c) Fewer people need to catch the bus
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