Wind Energy word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

I made this wind energy puzzle set for my Grade 3 and 4 students during our renewable energy unit. The kids had seen wind turbines but had no idea how wind turns into electricity or why they're built in open areas. So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using words like turbine, blade, rotor, tower, nacelle, vane, yaw, anemometer, onshore, offshore, capacity, wake, and repower. Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help the vocabulary click.

The download is three two-page PDFs: each puzzle comes with its answer key. The word search works well for quiet time after recess. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about whether wind energy works when there's no wind. The crossword I use for partners. I added a couple simple wind turbine drawings but nothing too busy.

Works for Grades 2 through 5. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers list two pros and two cons of wind energy on the back. The kids actually ask for these now.