Generation

Science Word Search and Crossword Maker

Eight primary science topics (plants, animals, weather, space, the human body, states of matter, forces and living things) with the words already in the box. Choose a word search or a crossword, edit the list if you like, and print it with an answer page.

The puzzle

Pick a topic and the science words fill in. You can change any of them.

Puzzle type

Topic

How many words

Grid size

Bigger grids hold longer words and take longer to solve.

How hard

Print the solutionA second page with every word ringed.

The words

8 of 20. One word per line, twelve letters or fewer.

Word list

The page

Title

Child's name

Leave it blank and the sheet prints a line to write on.

Colour

Nothing here is sent anywhere unless you choose to send or save it - both are one-off and used for nothing else.

Plants Word Search

Science

NameDate

JLZAJSRWKBPPVPASOXYKRIELSOZJREPZWMSPHLADPALEAFENWLSQROOTSTEMCEOKXLQHUQDRZNIQQRHKYHDIUFLDYZEGHDCUTNUWQETNSUUBMFMTZNGMLACFPETALFLOWEROCJKJTHKQAXXB

Find these words

FLOWERPOLLENPETALROOTSTEMLEAFSEEDSOIL

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Plants Word Search

Solution

NameDate

JLZAJSRWKBPPVPASOXYKRIELSOZJREPZWMSPHLADPALEAFENWLSQROOTSTEMCEOKXLQHUQDRZNIQQRHKYHDIUFLDYZEGHDCUTNUWQETNSUUBMFMTZNGMLACFPETALFLOWEROCJKJTHKQAXXB

Find these words

FLOWERPOLLENPETALROOTSTEMLEAFSEEDSOIL

SolutionPebbleYard - pebbleyard.com

Science has its own vocabulary, and a child who can spell "habitat", "orbit" and "friction" is more likely to read and write about them with confidence. A puzzle is a gentle way to see those words repeatedly without it feeling like a spelling test. This maker has the words for eight common primary topics already filled in, so the work of typing the list has been done for you, and you can still change any word.

Word search or crossword

The word search hides the words in a grid and gives the child a word bank to find. The crossword interlocks the words through shared letters, which is a harder task because the child has to think about spelling rather than just spotting a shape.

Both print with an answer page for the grown-up.

Topics covered

Plants, animals, weather, space, the human body, states of matter, forces and living things. Each list has twelve words and you choose how many to use, from six for a young child up to twelve.

Words are kept to twelve letters or fewer so they fit the grids, which leaves out a few long ones such as photosynthesis. Add your own if you want them and have a bigger grid.

Questions parents ask

Can I use my own science words?

Yes. Type or paste any list of single words into the box. Each word has to be twelve letters or fewer.

What age is it for?

Six words in a 10 by 10 grid, across and down only, suits Years 1 to 2. Twelve words with diagonals and backwards suits Years 4 to 6.

Where are the answers?

On a second page, which prints after the puzzle.

Is anything sent to you?

No. The puzzle is built in your browser unless you choose Save and finish later.

The rest of PebbleYard

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Maths, English, spelling, shapes, continents, space and Australia, as lessons to read and timed activities that are marked for you. One account covers the whole family, and you get a record of every run rather than a sheet on the fridge.

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