Although this kind of activity may seem too simple for high school science, I discovered that it is not. I wrote a post detailing my surprising findings: Crosswords that work in college-prep courses.
I created these puzzles for use in high school courses. Because I was using crossword creator software, I chose to build as robust a crossword as possible. The more crosses, the better. The fewer blank spaces on the grid, the better. The chemistry topic vocabulary served as the core of the word list. I added “fair-game” terms to fill the gaps. While competing crosswords might have 20-30 words with a few dozen crosses, each of these has over 100 words with over 150 word crosses.
Core words: centi, chemical, claim, conclusion, conservation, control density electrical, energy, experiment, experimental, graduated, gram, hypothesis, inquiry, international, joule, kilo, kilogram, liter, macroscopic, mass, matter, measurement, mechanical, meniscus, meter, microscopic, milli, milliliter, natural, nuclear, objective, procedure, pseudoscience, radiant, repeatable, scientific, stone, theory, thermal, variable, volume, weight.Core words: accuracy, average, bar, chemical, control, conversion, correlation, density, dependent, deviation, dimensional, energy, error, experiment, experimental, exponent, frequency, independent, inquiry, joule, linear, mantissa, mass, measurement, mechanical, objective, precision, pseudoscience, resolution, scientific, significant, slope, speed, standard, theory, variable, weight, whiskers.Core words: accuracy, amount, bond, brittle, change, chemical, compound, density, dependent, distillation, distilled, ductile, element, elements, energy, formula, group, heterogeneous, homogeneous, intermolecular, intramolecular, isomers, joule, liter, macronutrients, malleable, mass, mixture, molecules, number, period, periodic, physical, precipitate, precision, pure, reaction, reactivity, scale, scientific, solution, symbol, tap, theorem, volume, weight.Core words: absolute, adiabatic, boiling, brownian, calorie, calorimeter, calorimetry, celsius, closed, condensation, conduction, conductor, dependent, electrolysis, endothermic, energy, equilibrium, error, evaporation, exothermic, experiment, first, fusion, group, heat, insulator, isolated, isomers, joule, kelvin, kinetic, melting, molecular, open, period, phase, reaction, second, slope, solution, specific, system, temperature, thermal, thermistor, thermocouple, thermometer, vaporization, variable.Core words: accuracy, amount, anion, binary, bond, cation, claim, covalent, diatomic, dissociation, element, energy, exothermic, experimental, exponent, family, group, ion, ionic, kilogram, malleable, mass, matter, measurement, mixture, nanotechnology, natural, network, nomenclature, period, periodic, polyatomic, precision, quaternary, slope, symbol, tap, ternary, theory, weight.Core words: anhydride, anion, atomic, Avogadro, bond, cation, claim, conclusion, conductor, dimensional, dissociation, element, empirical, energy, error, EV, exponent, family, formula, group, heat, hydrate, inquiry, joule, kinetic, mixture, molar, mole, molecular, nomenclature, open, period, periodic, polyatomic, reactivity, scale, significant, solution, STP, system, temperature, thermal, unit, volume, weight.Core words: accuracy, anion, aqueous, atomic, average, balanced, bond, brownian, cation, combustion, covalent, decomposition, density, dependent, deviation, double, element, empirical, energy, equation, experiment, family, group, heat, hydrocarbon, insoluble, ion, ionic, joule, kelvin, liter, matter, mole, number, period, periodic, polymer, polymerization, precipitate, product, reactant, reaction, single, soluble, spectator, STP, synthesis, theory, unbalanced, variable, volume.Core words: actual, adiabatic, anion, aqueous, atomic, Avogadro, bond, cation, celsius, claim, covalent, double, element, empirical, endothermic, equation, excess, exothermic, experiment, group, heat, hydrocarbon, ion, ionic, kelvin, limiting, matter, measurement, molar, mole, percent, period, phase, polymer, precipitate, precision, product, reactant, reaction, single, slope, soluble, solution, stoichiometry, STP, system, temperature, theoretical, unit.Core words: anhydride, aqueous, atomic, Aufbau, bar, bond, combustion, configuration, covalent, energy, error, excess, excited, family, ground, halogens, Heisenberg, hund, hybridization, hydrate, ion, ionic, ionization, isotopes, level, limiting, mass, molar, mole, number, orbital, Pauli, periodic, photon, Planck, precipitate, product, quantum, radius, reactant, spectral, spectrometer, spectroscopy, spectrum, spin, stoichiometry, STP, strong, transition, unit, valence.Core words: alloy, aromatic, atom, atomic, attraction, Aufbau, bond, covalent, crystal, diatomic, dipole, double, ductile, electron, electronegativity, energy, excited, ground, Hund, hybridization, hydrogen, intermolecular, ion, isoelectronic, isomers, lattice, level, Lewis, London, mass, metal, metallic, metalloids, monomer, network, nonmetals, octet, Pauli, photon, planck, polar, polarization, polymer, polymerization, radius, resonance, semiconductors, single, spin, strong, tension, triple, VanderWaals, VSEPR.Core words: alloy, aqueous, atomic, bond, condensed, critical, deposition, dipole, double, electronegativity, endothermic, enthalpy, entropy, excess, excited, exothermic, first, formation, Gibbs, ground, Helmholtz, Hess, lattice, level, Lewis, limiting, mass, metallic, monomer, neutron, number, phase, polarization, polymer, reactant, reaction, second, single, spin, spontaneous, state, sublimation, thermochemical, triple, VSEPR.Core words: absolute, alloy, atmospheric, atomic, avogadro, barometer, bond, Boyle, Charles, combined, Dalton, deposition, dipole, enthalpy, entropy, excited, first, Gibbs, ground, group, heat, ideal, ion, ionization, Lewis, mass, molecular, monomer, orbital, pascal, phase, photon, polar, polymer, pressure, radius, second, soluble, spin, spontaneous, state, stoichiometry, strong, sublimation, triple, unit, universal, vacuum, valence, volume, water.Core words: absolute, aqueous, Beer, chromatography, colligative, colorimeter, combined, concentrated, concentration, conductivity, desalination, diffusion, dilute, dissociation, dissolution, dissolved, electrolyte, first, heat, Henry, hydration, immiscible, insoluble, miscible, molality, molarity, number, osmosis, pascal, phase, pressure, reverse, saturated, second, solubility, soluble, solute, solvation, solvent, supersaturated.Core words: activation, anhydride, aqueous, atomic, bimolecular, bond, Boyle, catalyst, Charles, complex, Dalton, deposition, determining, dilute, electron, elementary, enzymes, first, Gibbs, heat, Henry, ideal, inhibitor, insoluble, intermediate, ion, ionic, mass, mechanism, miscible, molar, molarity, monomer, neutron, osmosis, pascal, phase, photon, Planck, polymer, pressure, reaction, second, solute, solvent, state, sublimation, unimolecular, vacuum, volume, water.Core words: action, activation, alloy, barometer, bond, Boyle, catalyst, Charles, closed, constant, Dalton, deposition, dilute, dipole, electron, endothermic, enthalpy, entropy, enzymes, equilibrium, exothermic, expression, heat, ideal, inhibitor, insoluble, lattice, Lavoisier, LeChatelier, Lewis, miscible, molarity, monomer, pascal, physical, position, pressure, product, rate, soluble, solute, species, sublimation, universal, vacuum, volume, VSEPR, water.Core words: acid, acidic, amphoteric, anion, aqueous, Arrhenius, base, Boyle, buffer, capacity, catalyst, Charles, closed, combined, common, complex, conjugate, constant, density, dilute, dipole, diprotic, enzymes, equivalence, equivalent, hydronium, indicator, inhibitor, Lavoisier, logarithm, Lowry, miscible, neutral, neutralization, normality, osmosis, pascal, physical, polyprotic, pressure, PSI, rate, reaction, salt, soluble, solute, solvent, species, strong, titration, trace, triprotic, vacuum, weak.Core words: acid, acidic, amphoteric, anion, antioxidant, aqueous, Arrhenius, atomic, base, buffer, catalyst, closed, common, complex, constant, dilute, electrochemistry, element, enzymes, equivalent, free, half, hydronium, ideal, indicator, inhibitor, ion, Lavoisier, neutral, normality, number, osmosis, oxidation, oxidizing, pascal, physical, pressure, rate, reaction, redox, reducing, reduction, soluble, solute, strong, titration, vacuum, volume, water, weak.Core words: acidic, activity, alloy, ampere, anode, Arrhenius, base, bond, bridge, buffer, catalyst, cathode, cell, closed, common, constant, corrosion, coulomb, current, dipole, double, electrochemical, electrode, electrolysis, electrolyte, electrolytic, electromotive, electroplating, galvanic, Gibbs, ideal, Nernst, neutral, nonspontaneous, ohm, reaction, reduction, resistance, roan, single, spontaneous, stoichiometry, Teflon, triple, vacuum, volt, voltage, voltaic, VSEPR.Core words: alpha, ampere, anode, antimatter, atm, atom, Avogadro, base, beta, binding, cathode, cell, chain, coulomb, current, dating, decay, defect, dose, emission, fission, fusion, gamma, intensity, inverse, ionization, ionizing, isotopes, law, mass, neutral, neutron, non, nucleons, ohm, oxidation, pH, positron, radiation, radioactivity, rate, redox, reduction, salt, uniform, uranium, volt, voltage, watt.Core words: alcohol, aldehyde, alkane, alkene, alkyl, alkyne, alpha, amine, ampere, amu, aromatic, beta, binding, carbohydrates, carbonyl, carboxylic, condensation, coulomb, cracking, decay, dehydrogenation, dose, EMF, ester, ether, fission, free, functional, fusion, gamma, geometric, hydrocarbon, hydrogenation, ion, ketone, life, mass, non, ohm, optical, organic, parent, partial, petroleum, polymerization, rate, reaction, resonance, saturated, spin, structural, substitution, unsaturated, volt, watt.Core words: active, adipose, alcohol, alkane, alkene, alkyne, amine, amino, amphipathic, chiral, complex, denatured, disaccharides, DNA, fat, gene, hydrophilic, hydrophobic, inhibitor, lipid, lipoproteins, micelle, monomer, monosaccharide, nitrogenous, nucleotide, oligosaccharides, optical, optimum, organic, peptide, phospholipid, polymer, polysaccharide, primary, protein, quaternary, RNA, simple, substrate, tertiary, transcription, translation, triglyceride.Core words: ADP, alcohol, alkane, alkene, alkyne, alpha, amine, amino, anabolism, ATP, autotroph, buffer, calvin, catabolism, chemotroph, chiral, chlorophyll, chloroplast, diffusion, DNA, electrochemical, electron, enzymes, ester, ether, gene, glycolysis, GPU, group, heterotroph, homeostasis, isoenzymes, Krebs, LeChatelier, lipid, metabolism, monomer, NADH, NADPH, neutron, optimum, organic, oxidation, photosynthesis, phototroph, pigment, polymer, respiration, simple, soluble, spin, thermoregulation, transport, work.Core words: acidification, amorphous, bond, carbon, claim, core, crystalline, cycle, dew, effect, energy, error, fixation, geologists, geosphere, greenhouse, group, hydrosphere, igneous, magma, mantle, mars, mass, matter, mesosphere, metamorphic, mineral, nebula, nitrogen, ozone, period, phosphorus, photodissociation, polymorphism, pressure, rock, salinity, sedimentary, silicates, slope, spin, stomata, stratosphere, tectonics, thermosphere, troposphere, volcano, volume, water, weight.Core words: accretion, ATP, AU, background, blackbody, bond, calorie, chemosynthesis, cycle, doppler, extremophiles, frostline, group, heat, Hertzsprung, hydrothermal, igneous, intensity, interstellar, ionization, joule, kelvin, kinetic, lava, lightyear, magma, mass, mixture, nebula, number, period, photosphere, plasma, redox, rock, salinity, sedimentary, spectrometer, stomata, supernova, thermal, thermophiles, transpiration, volcano
No comments:
Post a Comment