A Science Word Search on Lab Equipment Vocabulary

Science lab equipment names such as beaker, Bunsen burner, graduated cylinder, crucible and fume hood, practised through a word search, a word scramble and a definition-writing task.
Year levels
Years 6–11
Pages
7
File type
Multiple File Types
Answer key
Included

Updated Sep 18, 2026

Subject
Basic Science, Science
Topic
Word Search, Word Scramble
Resource types
Word Searches
Answer key
Included

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About this resource

Your students will love this engaging science review activity. Everyone loves word searches and scrambles and they make for a great review activity that is fun and competitive.

This interactive game reinforces key scientific concepts and theories, ensuring curriculum relevance and accuracy.

The game package includes 25 common Science Classroom Lab Equipment terms and concepts.

The first part of this activity is a word search using the common terms while the second part uses the same terms in a word scramble and define where your students need to unscramble the word and define it.

Simply print and go. This is a no-prep activity and can be used to introduce terms, review, or as additional work for those who finish early.

Tailor the experience to the level of your students. You can use one or both parts to help your students learn key concept terms.

Some example terms include:

  1. BEAKER

  2. Test tube

  3. Bunsen burner

  4. FLASK

  5. Graduated cylinder

  6. PIPETTE

  7. FUNNEL

  8. Thermometer

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify common science lab equipment by name

  • Write a definition for each piece of lab equipment

Skills covered

  • Vocabulary recall — writing definitions for lab equipment terms

  • Spelling — unscrambling equipment names

  • Word recognition — finding terms in a grid

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Lab equipment

  • Lab safety equipment

  • Science vocabulary

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