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Teachers Notes
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T ea ch ers N o tes
This book features twenty crosswords, each on a different theme of Science.
They provide excellent supplements to core learning activities.
The puzzles require students to research the internet or reference books to
obtain some clues answers. As such, they are ideal to work on in library
sessions, make excellent home assignments, and are suitable activities for
fast finishers.
Students will enjoy finding answers to the clues.
If an answer is already known it can be printed on the crossword directly; if
not known, a few key words typed into a computers search engine will bring
up the solution.
Teachers choosing to use many of the puzzles with one class may ask their
students to keep each of the completed two-page puzzles together in one
place... perhaps pasted in an activity file or homework book.
Ideas
Follow-up:
About a week after every student has completed a crossword give the class a check-up test by asking
them the crossword questions. Students write their one-word answers in their books or on a piece of
paper.
Research Plus!
Under each crossword there is room for the student to write something of interest over and above the
clues solutions- about the topic.
If read out to the class everyones knowledge will be broadened.
Incentive:
Award a small prize for the neatest completed crossword with all solutions correct.
Create Your Own Science Crossword:
Using the blank crossword at the end of the book your students can create their own Science
Crossword Challenge. They can swap these with classmates.
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these letters.
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giant ________.
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balance.
12) T-Rex had one of these at the back of
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Tyrannosaurus ______.
means three?
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a twister.
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during a storm.
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tree in autumn.
16) Drops of water that fall to the Earth
from clouds.
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peaks.
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7) 1 syllable of insect.
9) This slow-moving mollusc with a coiled
grubs.
an ants _______.
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heavy rain.
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radium.
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12) Many famous scientists and inventors
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Solutions
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