Crosswords that work in college prep courses

Crossword puzzles are amusements appropriate for elementary school students. Middle school at tops. They sit at the base of Bloom's taxonomy, and have no place in a rigorous high school college prep course,

Or so I thought.

I don't even remember what my impetus was for creating a series of crossword puzzles for my college prep physic course, but create I did. Computer software meant I could load a list of words and the computer would craft a puzzle grid. Then I could add words to flesh out the puzzle and fill the page.

What I didn't expect was student enthusiasm for the puzzles. That enthusiasm acted s a catalyst, and I worked out an implementation scheme.

When students finish a unit test on test day, I don't have anything else for them to do. Students work at different paces and I wanted everyone to have ample time to complete the test. So quick finishers have time left over. In college, they could simply leave the classroom. In high school, that's not an option. So now there's a problem: students who are finished have "idle hands"... the Devil's plaything. They want to talk to classmates or (increasingly) be on their phones. I wasn't good with phones in my classroom, especially during a test administration.

So when students turn in their Unit 1 Test, they pick up the Unit 2 Crossword. It includes Unit 2 vocabulary words. Their task for the remainder of the period is to work on the puzzle. Now you might reasonably wonder how students can work on a crossword filled with terms they have yet to learn.

Therein lies The Lessons of Phyz crosswords difference. My crosswords include a wealth of general knowledge/trivia, general science (planet names, etc.), state nicknames, elements, acronyms and initialism, and pop culture references (Disney, Star Wars, contemporary music, etc.). Students can tear into the crosswords right away. Oh, and review terms from previous units are always fair game.

More surprises. Not only did students devour the crosswords, the students who seemed to enjoy them the most were the ones who struggled the most in the course. I often caught grief from colleagues who complained about my students working on their crosswords in their classes. (I color-coded my handouts: each unit was a different color, in accordance with the spectrum. Unit 1 was pink, 2 salmon, 3 canary, 4 green, 5 blue, 6 lavender; rinse and repeat at semester.) I confess I never admonished my students for working on their crosswords outside of my class.

Now that I've created a few series of crosswords, I thought of an application that hadn't occurred to me before. The first day of school is significant, and warrants above and beyond levels of planning. I never jumped straight into heavy content on Day 1. It was a day devoted to "Physics Begins With an M: Mystery, Magic, and Myths". Essentially a day of unanswered questions. But I didn't leave students with anything to do after the presentation. 

Why not give them a crossword for Unit 1 on their first day? The puzzles are by no means a drag, especially with all the off-topic tangents. If anything, I think students would enjoy knocking out the easy clues and pondering the elusive terms yet to be learned.

Here's a post detailing The Lessons of Phyz crossword advantages. It takes me a full day to craft each puzzle. Filling the otherwise empty spaces is quite a process, which is why most teacher-created crosswords you see have enough empty space to grow farm crops.

Here are the crossword puzzle series that I've completed. I've set the first puzzle in each set as free. And I've made an online version of a puzzle from most sets openly accessible. Note: the online puzzles are intended for desktops, laptops, and tablets; they don't play nicely on phones.

Give the crosswords a try as part of your first day of school lesson. It's free, and you might be surprised how well these things land.

High School Physics  (aligned with OpenStax Physics: High School) · Online Sample

Conceptual Physics ( (aligned with Conceptual Physics: High School 2009) · Online Sample

AP Physics 1 and AP Physics 2 (aligned with AP Physics 1 and 2)

Chemistry (aligned with OpenStax Chemistry) · Online Sample 

Biology (aligned with OpenStax Concepts in Biology) · Online Sample

Astronomy (aligned with OpenStax Astronomy 2e) · Online Sample

High School Physics Crossword Puzzles [OpenStax-aligned]

The first set of crossword puzzles I posted on TPT consisted of puzzles I created years ago for my Conceptual Physics course. Next I posted a set intended for use with AP Physics students. Then I proceeded with crosswords aligned with the OpenStax Chemistry, Biology, and Astronomy textbooks.

The Chemistry textbook had a decent set of key terms for each chapter. Key terms in Biology were ... abundant! In the Astronomy textbook, I needed to supplement key terms with "non-key" terms from the chapters.

This brings me to the OpenStax Physics: High School textbook. I aimed for about 50 topical terms (key and non-key terms from each chapter along with review terms from previous chapters as needed). Additional terms were added to fill the gaps in the puzzle. Additional terms could be physics or science-related. But they could also be from random tops all over the general knowledge board. State nicknames, chemical symbols, tech, Roman numerals, and so on.

As ever, the resulting puzzles each include over 100 words with over 150 crosses. "Busy crosswords".

I gave crosswords to students as they finished unit tests. It gave quick test-takers something to do while classmates finished their tests. I gave them puzzles for the upcoming unit of study. Each puzzle had enough non-chapter terms to keep students engaged before and while learning the upcoming unit.

High School Physics Crosswords MEGABUNDLE at TPT

All 23 puzzles, bundled and steeply discounted.

High School Physics Crosswords Series One: Motion and Forces at TPT

Puzzles 1-5 bundled and discounted.

1. What is Physics? at TPT

Word Count: 109     Word Crosses (Puzzle Score): 166     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.52

Key Terms: Accuracy, Ampere, Atom, Base, Classical, Constant, Conversion, Dependent, Derived, Experiment, Exponential, Hypothesis, Independent, Intercept, Inverse, Kilogram, Law, LHC, Linear, Logarithmic, Log-log, Meter, Methods, Model, Modern, MRI, Notation, Observation, Order, Percents, Physical, Physics, Precision, Principle, Quadratic, Quantity, Quantum, Relationship, Relativity, Rosetta, Science, Second, Semi-log, Significant, Slope, Stonehenge, Theory, Uncertainty, Units, Universal

Selected Additional Terms: AI, Air, Angle, Deep, Echo, Fe, Fermi, GMO, HTML, IRL, Kelvin, Krypton, LA, mg, Micro, Motion, Nano, Pi, RNA, Sphere, Square, URL, VGA

2. Motion in One Dimension at TPT

Word Count: 119     Puzzle Score: 179     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.50

Key Terms: Acceleration, Accuracy, Atom, Average, Base, Constant, Delta, Dependent, Derived, Displacement, Distance, Experiment, Giga, Independent, Instantaneous, Inverse, Kilo, Kinematics, Linear, Magnitude, Mega, Meter, Methods, Observation, Physics, Pico, Position, Precision, Principle, Quantity, Reference, Rise, Run, Scalar, Science, Second, Slope, Speed, Speedometer, Tangent, Time, Uncertainty, Units, Universal, Vector, Velocity

Selected Additional Terms: Au, Cos, Cyan, Ear, Earth, Force, Fracture, Ga, Helium, Hot, Hydrogen, Ice, Ion, ISS, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, PCR, Pi, Pluto, Push, Quad, Rx, Saturn, Season, SEO, Sigma, Sin, Snow, SSD, Stereo, STP, Telescope, Ten, Tera, Uranus, URL, Venus

3. Acceleration at TPT

Word Count: 121     Puzzle Score: 180     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.49

Key Terms: Accelerator, Accuracy, Average, Base, Classical, Constant, Conversion, Deceleration, Delta, Displacement, Experiment, Giga, Gravity, Hypothesis, Instantaneous, Inverse, Kilo, Kilogram, Kinematic, Kinematics, Magnitude, Mega, Meter, Micro, Milli, Modern, Nano, Negative, Notation, Observation, Peta, Physics, Pico, Position, Precision, Quantum, Reference, Rise, Run, Scalar, Science, Second, Speed, Speedometer, Theory, Uncertainty, Units, Vector, Velocity, Vomit

Selected Additional Terms: Air, Atom, CDC, CME, Crater, ISS, Jupiter, Larva, Lithium, Mars, Mass, Mercury,, Neptune, Pulp, Rush, Saturn, Scholar, Strike, Twitter, UK, UV, Velocity, Weight

4. Forces and Newton's Laws of Motion at TPT

Word Count: 119     Puzzle Score: 190     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.60

Key Terms: Acceleration, Accelerator, Average, Coefficient, Constant, Deceleration, Delta, Dependent, Displacement, Distance, Dynamics, External, First, Force, Free, Freefall, Friction, Gravity, Independent, Inertia, Instantaneous, Kinematic, Kinematics, Law, Magnitude, Mass, Negative, Net, Newton, Normal, Position, Reference, Resistance, Scalar, Second, Speed, Speedometer, Sum, System, Tangent, Tension, Third, Thrust, Time, Vector, Velocity, Weight

Selected Additional Terms: AGN, ASL, Atom, Au, CME, Coma, Effect, External, GMO, Hot, ICE, Inch, Inert, Iridium, Jupiter, Kilogram, Knee, Luna, ma, MRI, Nagasaki, Nano, Neptune, Observation, Omega, Quotient, REM, rms, RN, Sister, State, Sunscreen, Tegu, Titania, TNT, UFO, Uranus, USB, Velocity, Xe

5. Motion in Two Dimensions at TPT

Word Count: 114     Puzzle Score: 197     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.73

Key Terms: Acceleration, Accuracy, Addition, Amplitude, Analytical, Atmospheric, Coefficient, Component, Deceleration, Deformation, Delta, Equilibrium, Free, Frequency, Friction, Graphical, Gravity, Harmonic, Head, Height, Hooke, Kinematic, Kinetic, Magnitude, Motion, Normal, Oscillate, Pendulum, Period, Periodic, Precision, Projectile, Pythagorean, Range, Resistance, Restoring, Resultant, Scalar, Slope, Speed, Speedometer, Static, Tail, Trajectory, Uncertainty, Vector, Vector, Velocity

Selected Additional Terms: Air, Cyst, Die, Document, Earth, edu, Euro, Galaxies, Jupiter, Mega, Mu, PET, Peta, Pi, Right, Saturn, Sodium, Toxic, Tungsten, Zn

High School Physics Crosswords Series Two: Conservation + at TPT

Puzzles 6-10 bundled and discounted.

6. Circular and Rotational Motion at TPT

Word Count: 122     Puzzle Score: 187     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.53

Key Terms: Acceleration, Alpha, Amplitude, Angle, Angular, Arc, Centrifugal, Centripetal, Circular, Curvature, Distance, Dynamics, Equilibrium, Force, Frequency, Friction, Hooke, Kilogram, Kinematics, Lever, Mass, Meter, Newton, Normal, Omega, Oscillate, Period, Radian, Range, Rise, Rotational, Run, Scalar, Second, Slope, Spin, Tension, Theta, Thrust, Torque, Trajectory, Uniform, Universal, Vector, Velocity, Weight

Selected Additional Terms: AAAS, Acute, AIDS, Ape, BB, Be, CCD, Charge, Circular, CPR, Ear, Earth, Galileo, Grand, Gravity, Huron, Jupiter, Li, Mars, Micro, Nano, Neptune, NSF, NY, Observation, Odds, Orbital, Pd, Pearl, PhD, Pluto, Proton, Qi, Radio, Relativity, Resistance, Resultant, Rotates, Salt, Saturn, SETI, Speed, Starburst, Symptom, Te, Theory, Titan

7. Newton's Law of Gravitation at TPT

Word Count: 117     Puzzle Score: 172     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.47

Key Terms: Acceleration, Accuracy, Angular, Aphelion, Arc,Centrifugal, Centripetal, Circular, Copernican, Curvature, Dynamics, Eccentricity, Einstein, Equilibrium, First, Force, Frequency, Geocentric, Gravitational, Gravity, Heliocentric, Kepler, Kinematics, Lever, Mass, Newton, Perihelion, Period, Planetary, Position, Precision, Principle, Ptolemaic, Rotational, Scalar, Second, Slope, Spin, Tangent, Third, Torque, Tycho, Uniform, Universal, Vector, Velocity, Weight

Selected Additional Terms: Acre, Ag, Apogee, Arch, Bq, CAH, DNA, Error, Gas, Greenland, HDL, Hybrid, Jupiter, Mars, Meter, Milli, Mu, Nano, Net, Nm, Oval, Peta, Pi, Pluto, Queen, RGB, Rh, Rough, RSS, Saturn, SHM, Sixty, Sn, Star, Straight, Tail, Time, Uranus, UV

8. Momentum at TPT

Word Count: 117     Puzzle Score: 183     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.56

Key Terms: Angular, Aphelion, Change, Conservation, Copernican, Dynamics, Eccentricity, Einstein, Elastic, First, Force, Freefall, Friction, Geocentric, Gravitational, Gravity, Harmonic, Heliocentric, Impulse, Inelastic, Inertia, Isolated, Kepler, Magnitude, Mass, Momentum, Newton, Oscillate, Perfectly, Perihelion, Period, Planetary, Point, Position, Ptolemaic, Recoil, Scalar, Second, Theorem, Third, Torque, Tycho, Universal, Vector, Velocity

Selected Additional Terms: Amazon, Atom, Catalyst, Cookie, Ear, Earth, Ellipse, Equals, Giga, Gram, Higgs, IBM, Iceland, iOS, Jupiter, Mega, Mercury, Meter, Moon, Neptune, Optics, Penicillin, Pi, ROM, RSV, Run, Saturn, SEO, Snow, States, Sum, Sun, Tail, Tc, Vinyl

9. Work, Energy, and Simple Machines at TPT

Word Count: 122     Puzzle Score: 186     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.66

Key Terms: Advantage, Angular, Axle, Change, Complex, Conservation, Efficiency, Elastic, Energy, Fd, Friction, Gravitational, Ideal, Impulse, Inclined, Inelastic, Input, Isolated, Joule , Kinetic, Lever, Mass, Mechanical, mgh, Momentum, mv, Output, Perfectly, Point, Potential, Power, Pulley, Rate, Recoil, Screw, Simple, Steam, Theorem, Torque, Velocity, Watt, Wedge, Work

Selected Additional Terms: Acronym, Acute, Air, Alloy, CME, DC, Drive, Experiment, First, Flex, Force, Ga, Geocentric, Gravity, He, Heliocentric, HTTP, Hypatia, Instantaneous, ISS, Jupiter, Kilowatt, Leaf, Mercury, Mumps, Ne, Neptune, Os, Pacific, Pluto, Podcast, Ruler, Static, Synonym, Tera, Time, Venus, Volume

10. Special Relativity at TPT

Word Count: 112     Puzzle Score: 179     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.60

Key Terms: Binding, Centripetal, Change, Conservation, Contraction, Defect, Dilation, Efficiency, Einstein, Elastic, Energy, Ether, Factor, Force, Galileo, General, Geocentric, GPS, Gravitational, Heliocentric, Impulse, Inertia, Inertial, Joule, Kinetic, Light, Mass, Mechanical, Momentum, Morley, Newton, Normal, Oscillate, Period, Planetary, Postulate, Potential, Power, Proper, Reference, Relativistic, Relativity, Rest, Simultaneity, Special, Theorem, Universal, Velocity, Watt, Weight, Work

Selected Additional Terms: ACL, Atlantic, Atom, CTE, Datum, Erie, GOES, Inertial, Juneau, MPEG, Nb, Neptune, Net, Ni, Ovum, Pi, Radio, Screw, Sea, Six, Speed, State, Sum, Swarm, United, Vein, VLSI, Watt, Web, XML

High School Physics Crossword Series Three: Heat and Thermodynamics at TPT

Puzzles 11-12 bundled and discounted.

11. Thermal Energy, Heat, and Work at TPT

Word Count: 116     Puzzle Score: 186     Cross/Word ratio: 1.60

Key Terms: Absolute, Atom, Boiling, Capacity, Celsius, Condensation, Conduction, Conservation, Convection, Degree, Deposition, Efficiency, Equilibrium, Fahrenheit, Freezing, Fusion, Gas, Heat, Input, Ionization, Joule, Kelvin, Kinetic, Latent, Mass, Melting, Output, Phase, Plasma, Point, Potential, Power, Radiation, Recombination, Scale, Specific, Sublimation, Temperature, Thermal, Vaporization, Velocity, Water, Watt, Work, Zero

Selected Additional Terms: Acceleration, Angstrom, Circle, Earth, Earthling, Eon, EV, Eye, GIF, Giga, Gold, Hadron, Hot, Ice, IG, Impulse, Inventor, Iowa, Jr, Jupiter, KHz, Lie, Linear, Neptune, Nova, Order, Oslo, Pad, Pair, Plant, Potential, Power, RNA, SHM, Sting, Stop, Tesla, Tiger, Uranus, Venus, Wuhan

12. Thermodynamics at TPT

Word Count: 118     Puzzle Score: 176     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.49

Key Terms: Absolute, Boiling, Boltzmann, Capacity, Celsius, Condensation, Conduction, Convection, Cyclical, Degree, Deposition, Efficiency, Engine, Entropy, Equilibrium, Expansion, Fahrenheit, First, Freezing, Fusion, Gas, Heat, Ideal, Internal, Ionization, Kelvin, Latent, Melting, Mercury, Metabolism, Pascal, Phase, Photosynthesis, Plasma, Point, Pressure, Pump, PV, Radiation, Recombination, Scale, Second, Specific, Sublimation, Temperature, Thermal, Transduction, Vaporization, Water, Zero, Zeroth

Selected Additional Terms: Air, API, Atom, Borneo, Brahe, CMOS, EKG, Energy, Force, Hz, IR, Jupiter, Lab, Mars, mm, Pi, Rate, SOH, Spider, SSD, Ulna, Up, Uranus, URL, USB, Wave, Zn

High School Physics Crosswords Series Four: Sound and Light at TPT

Puzzles 13-17 bundled and discounted.

13. Waves and Their Properties at TPT

Word Count: 117     Puzzle Score: 177     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.51

Key Terms: Amplitude, Antinode, Constructive, Crest, Deformation, Destructive, Displacement, Earthquakes, Energy, Equilibrium, Force, Frequency, Harmonic, Hooke, Inertia, Inversion, Joule, Kinematics, Kinetic, Longitudinal, Magnitude, Mass, Mechanical, Medium, Nodes, Oscillate, Period, Periodic, Position, Power, Pulse, Reflection, Refraction, Richter, Seismic, SHM, Speed, Standing, Superposition, Tension, Transverse, Trough, Vector, Velocity, Wave, Wavelength, Weight, Work

Selected Additional Terms: Area, Au, Bison, Bouquet, Cs, DESI, Earth, Fluid, Forearm, Forest, FPS, Higgs, Hz, Image, Instantaneous, Jupiter, Kr, Llm, Mirror, Ohm, Pacific, Pi, Qi, Rain, RNA, Saturn, Spider, STEM, STP, Titan, Uniform, UV, Venus, Volt, Zero

14. Sound at TPT

Word Count: 116     Puzzle Score: 174     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.5

Key Terms: Amplitude, Antinode, Audible, Beat, Compression, Constructive, Crest, Damping, Decibel, Destructive, Doppler, Earthquakes, Energy, Frequency, Fundamental, Harmonics, Hearing, Intensity, Inversion, Lambda, Level, Longitudinal, Loudness, Mechanical, Medium, Natural, Nodes, Overtones, Period, Periodic, Pitch, Power, Pulse, Rarefaction, Reflection, Refraction, Resonance, Resonate, Richter, Seismic, SHM, Sonic, Sound, Standing, Superposition, Transverse, Trough, Velocity, Wave, Wavelength

Selected Additional Terms: Ampere, Atlas, Au, Dissect, DNA, Earth, Eureka, Evolve, Ga, Hand, ICE, Igloo, Mega, Melanin, Meter, ml, Mo, Model, Nautilus, Neural, Object, Persia, Pi, POTUS, Precision, Remedy, Rh, RNA, Toxic, Unit, Velocity, Water, Work

15. Light at TPT

Word Count: 112     Puzzle Score: 166     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.48

Key Terms: AM, Amplitude, Beat, CFL, Damping, Decibel, Destructive, Doppler, Electric, Electromagnetic, Emr, Fm, Frequency, Fundamental, Gamma, Hearing, Illuminance, Infrared, Intensity, Interference, Inversion, Led, Light, Loudness, Lumens, Luminous, Lux, Magnetic, Maxwell, Mechanical, Medium, Microwave, Natural, Periodic, Pigment, Pitch, Polarized, Pulse, Radio, Rarefaction, Reflection, Refraction, Resonance, Sonic, Sound, Superposition, Transverse, Ultraviolet, Velocity, Wave, Wavelength, Xrays, Year

Selected Additional Terms: Accuracy, Astronomy, Average, CGI, Cloud, Eardrum, Fd, IR, Laser, Lava, LCD, Leap, LIGO, Mars, mm, MPEG, mv, Neon, Np, Realistic, SHM, Slope, Stable, Tan, TNT, Trajectory, Ulna, UV

16. Mirrors and Lenses at TPT

Word Count: 124     Puzzle Score: 174     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.40

Key Terms: Aberration, AM, Angle, Central, Chromatic, Concave, Converging, Convex, Critical, Diffused, Dispersion, Diverging, Electric, EMR, FM, Gamma, Hyperopia, Illuminance, Incidence, Incident, Index, Infrared, Interference, Internal, Laser, Law, LED, Length, Lens, Light, Luminous, Magnetic, Maxwell, Microwave, Mirror, Myopia, Pigment, Point, Polarized, Radio, Radius, Ray, Real, Reflection, Refracted, Refraction, Snell, Specular, Ultraviolet, Virtual, Xrays, Year

Selected Additional Terms: Andes, Biology, Bq, CAH, CCD, Co, Cornea, Corona, DM, DNA, Elementary, Force, Heat, Heliocentric, ICE, Ion, Ir, JD, Manga, Mars, Nano, Neutron, Nile, No, PE, PGP, pH, Pi, Pico, Pluto, RGB, RNA, Saturn, Shark, Si, Teach, Trek, Unit, Venus, Work

17. Diffraction and Interference at TPT

Word Count: 118     Puzzle Score: 183     Cross/Word Ration: 1.55

Key Terms: Aberration, Chromatic, Concave, Converging, Convex, Critical, Diffraction, Diffused, Dispersion, Diverging, Gamma, Grating, Huygens, Incidence, Incident, Index, Infrared, Interference, Interference, Internal, Iridescence, Laser, Law, LED, Length, Lens, Light, Magnification, Maxwell, Microwave, Mirror, Monochromatic, Monochromator, Point, Polarized, Radio, Ray, Rayleigh, Real, Reflection, Refracted, Refraction, Resolution, Snell, Specular, Ultraviolet, Virtual, Wavefront, Xrays, Year

Selected Additional Terms: AM, Arsenic, Bismuth, Cancer, CD, Earth, Einstein, Engine, Eurasia, Fe, First, GIF, Graph, Hand, HEIF, Ice, Indigo, Insomnia, IR, Iris, km, Ovary, QED, Roof, ROV, sec, Skin, Sonic, SOS, Tangent, Teflon, Tera, Tremor, Umami, UV, Vein, Venus, Xe, XLV

High School Physics Crosswords Series Five: Electricity and Magnetism at TPT

Puzzles 18-20 bundled and discounted.

18. Static Electricity at TPT

Word Count: 115     Puzzle Score: 185     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.61

Key Terms: Absolute, Capacitor, Capacity, Celsius, Conductor, Conservation, Copernican, Coulomb, Dielectric, Einstein, Electron, Elektron, Energy, Fahrenheit, Farad, Field, Field, First, Gas, Geocentric, Gravitational, Gravity, Heat, Heliocentric, Induction, Insulator, Inverse, Kelvin, Kepler, Kinetic, Newton, Nucleus, Phase, Planetary, Plasma, Polarization, Potential, Proton, Ptolemaic, Radiation, Second, Semiconductor, Specific, Temperature, Test, Thermal, Third, Torsion, Tycho, Universal, Volt, Xrays, Zero

Selected Additional Terms: API, Arctic, Camera, CDC, Circle, Cos, Crater, Cyan, Exponent, Eye, Hg, Infrared, Jupiter, Kinematics, Land, Lens, Mars, Mercury, MN, Nuclear, Optics, Rough, Saturn, Sec, SIMM, Sin, Sixty, Static, STEM, TIR, TNT, Uranus, Wave

19. Electric Circuits at TPT

Word Count: 118     Puzzle Score: 175     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.48

Key Terms: AC, Alternating, Ampere, Capacitor, Circuit, Conductor, Conservation, Conventional, Coulomb, Current, DC, Diagram, Dielectric, Direct, Electron, Elektron, Energy, Equivalent, Farad, Field, Franklin, Induction, Insulator, Inverse, Joule, Nanometer, Nonohmic, Nucleus, Ohm, Ohmic, Parallel, Polarization, Potential, Power, Proton, Resistance, Resistor, Semiconductor, Series, Silicon, Steady, Test, Torsion, Volt, Watt

Selected Additional Terms: Air, AQI, Aspirin, Au, Cd, Copper, CPU, Darwin, Equilibrium, EV, Experiment, Free, GIF, HDTV, Ion, Isotope, Jupiter, Loudness, Lux, Methods, mm, Neon, PDF, Phase, Pi, Ptolemy, RCS, Sirius, SOH, Static, Storm, Tangent, Titan, TOA, Uniform, Universal, Uranus, Visual, Zinc

20. Magnetism at TPT

Word Count: 118     Puzzle Score: 174     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.47

Key Terms: AC, Alternating, Ampere, Capacitor, Circuit, Conductor, Conservation, Conventional, Coulomb, Curie, Current, DC, Diagram, Dielectric, Dipole, Direct, Domain, Electric, Electromagnet, Electromagnetism, Electron, EMF, Energy, Equivalent, Faraday, Ferromagnetic, Field, Flux, Franklin, Generator, Induction, Insulator, Inverse, Joule, Magnetized, Nanometer, North, Nucleus, Ohm, Parallel, Permanent, Pole, Potential, Proton, Resistance, Resistor, Right, Series, Silicon, Solenoid, South, Steady, Test, Volt

Selected Additional Terms: Ag, Am, amu, Attract, Cos, Cs, Digit, Drag, Egypt, EPA, Europium, Giga, Hz, Ice, La, LLM, Mars, Mass, Mercury, Minute, Neuron, Node, Oil, Oxygen, Pico, Quantity, Rain, ROV, Sin, Sn, Sound, Spine, STEVE, Tan, Ten, TIR, Unum, URL, Venus, VPN, Water

High School Physics Crosswords Series Six: Modern Physics at TPT

Puzzles 21-23 bundled and discounted.

21. The Quantum Nature of Light at TPT

Word Count: 108     Puzzle Score: 152     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.41

Key Terms: AM, Blackbody, Catastrophe, Compton, Concave, Converging, Convex, Critical, Debloglie, Diffraction, Dispersion, Diverging, Duality, Electric, EMR, FM, Frequency, Gamma, Grating, Huygens, Incidence, Incident, Index, Infrared, Interference, Internal, Iridescence, Kinetic, Laser, LED, Length, Lens, Luminous, Magnetic, Maxwell, Microwave, Mirror, Momentum, Photoelectric, Photoelectron, Photon, Photovoltaic, Planck, Point, Polarized, Quantized, Quantum, Radio, Ray, Rayleigh, Refracted, Resolution, Ultraviolet, Wavefront, Wavelength, Xrays

Selected Additional Terms: Area, Beach, Cm, Corona, DNA, Exa, Exam, Eye, Faraday, HDL, Hg, Ice, Ion, KE, LAN, Metric, Oersted, pH, Pi, Polio, River, Scalar, Sixty, Sound, Tail, Tan, Ton, UFO, Volume

22. The Atom at TPT

Word Count: 119     Puzzle Score: 187     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.57

Key Terms: Activity, Alpha, Anger, Atomic, Becquerel, Beta, Blackbody, Chain, Compton, Constant, Critical, Dating, Dating, DeBroglie, Decay, Duality, Effectiveness, Electric, Energy, Excited, Fission, Fraunhofer, Fusion, Gamma, Geiger, Ground, Halflife, Heisenberg, Hydrogen, Isotope, Kinetic, Liquid, Mass, Momentum, Nucleons, Photon, Planck, Planetary, Proton, Quantized, Quantum, Rad, Radioactive, Radioactivity, Radiopharmaceutical, Roentgen, Rutherford, Rydberg, Scintillator, Strong, Tagged, Therapeutic, Transmutation

Selected Additional Terms: ACL, Alpha, Asia, CCD, CDC, CFC, Circle, Cu, DC, DND, EFT, Frequency, Heat, HTTP, Kr, Light, Mars, Monkey, Moon, Moving, Mu, Net, Odyssey, Reactor, Rise, Saturn, Stem, Ten, Tera, Theory

23. Particle Physics at TPT

Word Count: 121     Puzzle Score: 184     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.52

Key Terms: Annihilation, Antimatter, Bang, Baryon, Beam, Bottom, Carrier, Charmed, Chromodynamics, Color, Cyclotron, Down, Electrodynamics, Electroweak, Epoch, Era, Everything, Fermi, Feynman, Flavor, Gluons, Grand, Graviton, Hadron, Higgs, Inflationary, Lepton, LHC, LIGO, Mass, Meson, Negative, Neutral, Pair, Photon, Physics, Pion, Positive, Positron, Quark, SLAC, Standard, Strange, Strong, Superforce, Synchrotron, Top, Up, Weak, Yukawa

Selected Additional Terms: AI, Binding, Bismuth, Catastrophe, CM, CO, Delta, Diffraction, GOES, GW, Halflife, Helium, Hermes, HTML, ICE, Inert, Inertia, IRL, Laser, Ma, MM, MP, Newton, Photoelectric, Pi, Pico, Planetary, Plasma, Potassium, Qi, Quantum, Radioactive, Rhino, Rubidium, Sea, Stable, Theorem, TIR, Tusk

BONUS PUZZZLE

Mostly Measures at TPT

Word Count: 121     Puzzle Score: 178     Cross/Word Ratio: 1.49

Word List: AC, Acceleration, Ache, Alpha, Ampere, Angle, ASAP, Beta, Beyonce, Blog, Bun, Candela, Candy, Capacitance, cc, Charge, City, Co, Colorado, Comet, Coulomb, Coyote, Cramp, Cranium, Cub, Current, Delta, Density, Deoxyribonucleic, Dr, Earth, Echo, Elements, Elephant, Energy, Epsilon, Farad, Field, Fin, Flux, Force, Ford, French, Frequency, Gamma, Ham, Inert, IRL, ISS, Jet, Joule, Jupiter, Kelvin, Kilogram, Kyoto, LA, Lambda, Leg, Length, Lion, Mass, MBA, Mercury, Meter, Mole, Momentum, Mu, Newton, NFL, NGO, OAS, Ohm, Omega, Once, Opposite, Organ, Oslo, Pacific, Parallel, Pascal, Phi, Phoebe, Pi, Plus, PM, Power, Pressure, Psi, Purple, Radian, Resistance, RGB, Rho, Rio, Rooster, RSS, Sara, Scuba, Second, Shoe, Sigma, Sneezy, Speed, Tau, Taylor, TB, Tehran, Temperature, Tesla, Theta, Time, Torque, Tube, Uber, Venus, Volt, Voltage, Watt, Wavelength, Weber