Wind Energy word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

Wind Energy word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

I made this wind energy puzzle set for my 3rd and 4th graders 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 wind, energy, turbine, blade, generator, electricity, renewable, clean, wind farm, rotor, tower, breeze, power, and sustainable. Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help the vocabulary click.

The PDF is four pages. Three puzzles plus one answer key page. 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 2nd through 5th grade. 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.