Vitamins and Minerals word search, scramble and crossword puzzle
- Grades
- Grades 5–7
- Pages
- 6
- File type
- Answer key
- Included
- Subject
- Science, Vocabulary
- Topic
- Vitamins, Minerals
- Resource types
- Worksheets, Word Searches, Crosswords Puzzles
- Answer key
- Included
- Standards
- L.6.6
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From the author
I made this vitamins and minerals puzzle set for my 3rd and 4th graders during our health and nutrition unit. The kids had heard that vitamins were good for you but had no idea what each one actually does or where to find them. So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using words like vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, B complex, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, zinc, sodium, iodine, selenium, and phosphorus. Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help the vocabulary finally make sense.
The download contains three two-page PDFs: three puzzles plus three answer pages, six pages total. The word search works well for quiet time after recess. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about which vitamin comes from oranges. The crossword I use for partners. I added a couple simple fruit, vegetable, and sun drawings but nothing too busy.
Works for 3rd through 5th grade. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers name one food source for three different vitamins on the back. The kids actually ask for these now.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Recognize names of common vitamins and minerals
Associate a nutrient with a broad biological role named in the puzzle
Use definitions and letter patterns to retrieve health vocabulary
Teaching tips
Clarify that the short clues are vocabulary cues, not personal health recommendations.
Group checked terms into vitamins and minerals after completing the puzzles.
Skills covered
Nutrition vocabulary — common micronutrients are named.
Function association — terms connect with concise body-role clues.
Word retrieval — grid, scramble, and crossword vary the practice.
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Do the puzzles use meaning clues?
Yes. The scramble and crossword connect nutrient names with brief function clues.
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Standards
Standards
- L.6.6
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Core concepts
Vitamins
Minerals
Nutrient functions
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