Periodic Table Crossword Puzzle – 20 Elements
- Grades
- Grade 11, High School
- File type
- Preparation
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- Subject
- Science, Chemistry
- Topic
- CROSSWORD, PUZZLES
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- Crosswords Puzzles, Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
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Crossword Puzzle: Periodic Table of Elements (1)
This Crossword Puzzle: Periodic Table of Elements (1) is a great puzzle that can help your students learn more vocabulary about The Periodic Table of Elements.
This is a great activity for early finishers or just for something fun to take home and enjoy. The word search includes a total of 20 Elements by their initials. Your students are surely going to be challenged with this activity! They need to complete the puzzle with the actual name of each element.
This Crossword Puzzle: Periodic Table of Elements (1) may be used for middle school students, substitute teachers' folder, no prep morning work, homework, lesson plan supplement, virtual classroom, vocabulary learning, party game, project or unit supplement, distance learning, brain break, or after testing fun.
This Crossword Puzzle: Periodic Table of Elements (1) was designed for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students. It can additionally be used as center activity. This word search may be completed individually, in pairs, or small groups of students or during the whole class activity.
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Learning objectives
Recall the full element name that corresponds to a given periodic-table chemical symbol.
Correctly spell 20 element names (e.g., phosphorus, beryllium, magnesium) to fit a crossword grid.
Teaching tips
Have students keep a periodic table on hand for symbols they haven't memorized yet, since the clues give only the bare symbol with no descriptive hint.
Use the completed answer version as a self-check key or for a projected class review after students finish.
Skills covered
Chemical symbol recall — students recall the full element name for 20 periodic-table symbols such as Ca, K, and Mg.
Element-name spelling — students correctly spell each element name (e.g., phosphorus, beryllium) to fit the crossword grid.
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Questions teachers ask about this resource
Do the clues describe each element, or just give its symbol?
Each clue is the bare chemical symbol only (for example, '2. N'), with no descriptive hint, so students recall the element name directly from the periodic table symbol.
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