Periodic Scrambled Search#05( ) |
Are you looking for teacher resources to support academic chemistry grades 9-12 and university academics? Table of elements scrambled letters word search puzzle engages critical thinking skills, activates problem solving strategies, while consolidating knowledge of element names. See additional lesson plan activities, listed below, to further consolidate understanding of elemental chemistry. Word search puzzle suits students in grades 9-12, home school environments, and as university review and tutoring resource. Letter hints provide differentiated instruction.
Solve the puzzle
-Remember to review the instructions.
-Rearrange the scrambled letters to reveal the 20 words hidden in the grid.
-Record the correct spelling of each element listed.
-Locate the letter hints (circled letters are the first letters of hidden words)
-Trace/circle the letter paths, which travel in all 8 directions
-Track progress by crossing out each word as it's located
Additional lesson plan activities:
1. SUPPORT students' creativity: encourage them to CREATE word search puzzles using blank word search grids found here: Blank Word Search Grids.
2. FOSTER INNOVATION: encourage students to create new puzzles: cryptograms, cryptolists, anagrams, scrambled letters lists, crossword puzzles (regular, freeform, crosspatch)
3. ORGANIZE/CATEGORIZE list of elements by any number of topics: stability, number of isotopes, atomic weight/mass/number, group, period, or other category not listed.