Preservation Scavenger Hunt Worksheet for Kids

How to use this worksheet

Look at all the pictures on the page together first, naming what each one shows and briefly discussing how it relates to preserving resources. Have your child follow the dotted lines with a pencil, connecting items that are related to the same conservation action, like a light switch connecting to a sun icon representing saved energy. Once the connections are traced, talk with your child, or with an adult supervising, about how each pairing helps conserve resources in real life. Review the whole completed page together, retracing each connection and explaining it in your child's own words.

Materials needed

• Pencil
• Crayons

Extension activities

• •Draw additional pictures showing other ways to conserve resources not already shown on the worksheet.
• •Make a poster at home about saving energy and water, using ideas discussed while completing the worksheet.
• •Do a real scavenger hunt around the house, finding examples of ways your family already conserves resources.
• •Practice turning off lights or taps as a small daily habit, connecting it back to the worksheet's lesson.
• •Talk about one new conservation habit your family could start this week, inspired by the worksheet.

Tips for parents and teachers

Since the worksheet specifically prompts discussion with an adult, use that as an opening to talk through the 'why' behind each connection rather than letting your child simply trace lines without context. Keep the environmental concepts concrete and tied to your own household, like a specific light switch or tap your child recognizes, rather than abstract global ideas. This is a good worksheet to revisit periodically, checking whether your child remembers and can explain the connections weeks later.