Crossword on Air Pollution
Games
Grades5, 6, 7, 8Biology, Earth and Space Sciences, English Language Arts, Health
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Provided by Green Guardians
What it is
- This game is a fun and engaging way for students to practice utilizing their knowledge of air pollution.
- Students will use visual and written clues about air pollution, air quality, and pollutants to complete a crossword puzzle.
Teaching tips
Positives
- Students will enjoy putting their puzzle-solving skills to use while playing this game.
- The clues cover a wide range of concepts within the topic of air pollution.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should have a general understanding of air pollution and activities that cause pollution.
- Access to the Internet and a device is required.
Differentiation
- Cross-curricular connections can be made in health classes that are learning about how air pollution impacts health or in language arts classes focusing on subject-specific vocabulary acquisition.
- This resource would work well as an exit ticket at the end of a lesson or unit on air pollution, where students could put their learning into action.
- As an extension, have students create their own crossword puzzle on air pollution. Students could use the same answers and use rewritten clues, or start from scratch.
From the scientist review
The crossword lets students to match in appropriate words to answer a set of questions on methane pollution, CO2 emissions, air quality and pollution. The resource is recommended for classroom use.
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