App Development Terms Word Search, Scramble and Crossword Puzzle

I made this app development terms puzzle set for my Year 5 and Year 6 students during our technology unit. The kids loved using apps but had no idea what words like app, developer, or design meant when we talked about how apps are made. So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using words like UI, UX, wireframe, prototype, native app, web app, hybrid app, API, SDK, emulator, push notification, frontend, backend, deploy, and crash. Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help the app vocabulary finally stick.

The download is six pages. Three puzzles plus an answer key page for each. The word search works well for quiet time after break or wet play. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about whether designing an app is harder than coding it. The crossword I use for partners or as a review. I added a couple simple phone, app icon, and computer screen drawings but nothing too busy.

Works for Years 5 and 6. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers sketch an app idea on the back. The kids actually ask for these now.