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Map Puzzles
Young scholars make puzzles from world maps, dramatizing how much of the globe is covered by ocean.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Alcohols (14-16)
Ethanol, a grain alcohol, reduces emissions and conserves petroleum when mixed into gasoline. Four puzzles challenge pupils to match alcohols to their structural formulas, types of alcohol, and full oxidation products. Each puzzle...
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Common Compounds
Can your young chemists identify the most commonly used chemicals in the lab? Introduce the class to the go-to substances in most middle and high school chemistry experiments with an interactive. The resource offers timely feedback as...
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Volumetric Apparatus
Can your class tell the difference between a burette and a pipette? Develop their lab apparatus knowledge using a series of puzzles. The online activity associates the name, image, and sizes of burettes, pipettes, volumetric flasks, and...
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Amines and Related Compounds
Scientists call a molecule that contains a nitrogen atom that behaves as a base an amine. Four puzzles, related to amines and similar compounds, challenge scholars to prove their knowledge. After passing each puzzle, the next increases...
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Hydroxide Precipitates
When two liquids combine and a solid forms, the new substance is called a precipitate. Scholars test their knowledge of hydroxide precipitates and their properties. A series of four increasingly difficult puzzles challenge their logic...
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pH and pOH
Feeling a little neutral about your pH and pOH teaching strategy? Perk it up with engaging puzzles! Young scientists relate ion concentration to pH and pOH, as well as the dissociation constant for water. The resource is available as an...
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Significant Figures
Ready to add some innovation to your significant figures lesson? Pupils practice sig fig rules using a puzzle approach. Check out the Teacher's Area for printable materials, an answer key, and strategies for implementing the resource.
Illustrative Mathematics
Toll Bridge Puzzle
Here is a great problem-solving activity for young mathematicians. Intended solely for instructional purposes, the activity is appropriate for learners to add four numbers together. Not only must they add four numbers together,...
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Organic Formulae 1
Puzzles are the formula for success in organic chemistry! Hydrocarbons abound in the first of two interactives involving basic organic molecules. The easy-to-use lesson is available online and in print form, so you can pick your delivery...
Foundation for Water & Energy Education
How Can Work Be Done with Water Power? Activity B
In this second of three activities, energy engineers plan and create a hydropower dam as they learn how hydroelectric power plants generate electricity. A hydropower puzzle is also included, which can be worked on by teams that finish...
Prestwick House
Oedipus Rex
Who killed Laius? How is Creon connected to Jocasta? Where does the Oracle dwell? Get the details of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex straight with a crossword puzzle activity.
NEST Family Learning
Christopher Columbus
Reinforce historic knowledge of Christopher Columbus with an activity book compiled of a variety of coloring pages, puzzles, questions that spark discussion, and learning games.
NOAA
Why is Hawaii's Ocean Important?
Studying the oceans? Focus on Hawaii's ocean with a resource packed with activity-based worksheets. Everything from products that come from the ocean to the abundance of plants and animals that call the ocean their home, Hawaii's ocean...
Curated OER
Magic Squares Vocabulary Activity for Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
What are magic squares? First, review the activity with your class (there is a description available for you in the resource). Then, match terms from Ella Enchanted to their definitions. When your puzzle, or square, is finished, the...
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Bonding Activity
This set of slides is not meant to only be a presentation, but also a set of puzzle pieces to use in a chemical bonding activity. The first slide explains, click-by-click, how to match the atoms together based on electron sharing. The...
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Double Digit Addition to 100: Crossword Puzzle
In this double digit addition to 100 worksheet, students will find sums and record the number words in a crossword puzzle format.
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Pigment Puzzles
A hands-on chromatography lesson brings science to the magic of changing autumn leaves. After collecting plant samples, young scientists use paper strips, two liquids, and coffee filters to separate the pigments, then...
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Cross Number Puzzle
In this math worksheet, students solve a puzzle that uses numbers in a crossword type puzzle. The sheet is intended to be a teacher's guide.
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Activity Plan 5-6: Architects at Work
Young scholars build on what they know to make new discoveries. For this early childhood lesson plan, students engage in a block-building activity to develop language, math, and fine-motor skills.
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Plate Tectonics Interactive
Here is a plate tectonics interactive that will really move your class! The first of a 13-part series introduces young geologists to the fundamental concepts and vocabulary they need to understand the interactions between...
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It All Adds Up---Puzzle #6
In this addition crossword puzzle worksheet, students fill in eight missing numbers so every column and row add up to the number at the end of each column and row.
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Three Scale Drawing Activities
In this scale drawing activity, students complete three different scale drawing activities. One activity is making a scale drawing, one involves answering questions from a given scale drawing, and one is a cross-number...
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Coin Puzzles
In this coin puzzle learning exercise, students match a picture of the front and back of each coin to the correct amount in cents. For example, there is a picture of the back of a penny, and students match that piece to the puzzle piece...