5th Grade Science Vocabulary Matching Puzzle Activity – Hands On Test Prep Game
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Make science vocabulary FUN with this printable 5th grade science vocabulary matching game. Your students will love working on their science vocabulary with this hands-on vocabulary matching game. We all know how important it is for our students to review vocabulary as much as possible.
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Make science vocabulary FUN with this printable 5th grade science vocabulary matching game. Your students will love working on their science vocabulary with this hands-on vocabulary matching game. We all know how important it is for our students to review vocabulary as much as possible.
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Turning review into a game helps students commit these science vocabulary words and definitions to their long-term memory. Your 5th grade science students will be asking to play this science vocabulary matching game over and over!
With over 100 matching science vocabulary puzzle options, your 5th grade science vocabulary review will be fun and engaging for your students. Use as part of a work station, center activity, partner practice, independent review, end of lesson assessment, or send it home for families to review together. This set is also perfect to use before reviewing for a state test or end of the year assessment.
Print out these science vocabulary words and definition puzzle pieces on colorful cardstock and laminate to use year after year. A blank piece is included for you to customize even more puzzles to fit your personalized curriculum.
5th grade Science Vocabulary Game Activity includes:
- Teacher direction page
- 104 matching science vocabulary matching puzzles
- Student recording sheet
- Teacher answer key
- Printer-Friendly Resource (black ink only)
Vocabulary Words & Definitions Included:
- Absorb
- Adaptation
- Analyze
- Asteroid
- Attraction
- Balanced Forces
- Behavior
- Carnivore
- Characteristic
- Chemical Change
- Classify
- Cleavage
- Climate
- Comet
- Community
- Complete Metamorphosis
- Conclusion
- Condensation
- Conduct
- Consumer
- Control Group
- Data
- Ecosystem
- Environment
- Erosion
- Evaporation
- Experiment
- Extinct Species
- Fertilization
- Food Chain
- Force
- Friction
- Germination
- Hardness
- Hemisphere
- Herbivore
- Humidity
- Igneous Rock
- Incomplete Metamorphosis
- Inference
- Inherited Trait
- Insulator
- Invertebrate
- Investigation
- Larva
- Life Cycle
- Luster
- Mass
- Matter
- Mechanical Energy
- Metamorphic Rock
- Mineral
- Moon
- Nutrient
- Nymph
- Observation
- Omnivore
- Organism
- Ovary
- Physical Change
- Pistil
- Pitch
- Planet
- Polar Zone
- Pollen
- Pollinate
- Population
- Precipitation
- Predator
- Predict
- Prey
- Producer
- Pupa
- Reflect
- Repel
- Reproduction
- Revolution
- Rotation
- Sedimentary Rock
- Soil
- Solar System
- Species
- Speed
- Spore
- Stamen
- Star
- State of Matter
- Streak
- Technology
- Temperate Zone
- Testable
- Texture
- Trials
- Tropical Zone
- Unbalanced
- Forces
- Valid
- Variable
- Vertebrate
- Volume
- Water Cycle
- Weather
- Weathering
- Weight
★ This list was created directly from the Florida 5th Grade Science Vocabulary List.
Directions To Play:
Print the puzzle pieces on cardstock or regular paper. If you are looking to use them for years, it’s worth the time to laminate them. Cut out the puzzle pieces and store themin a labeled plastic baggie.
*Printer Friendly Resource! All pages are in black ink ONLY. If you are looking to add color, feel free to print on colorful cardstock.
Looking for a way to engage your students’ families? Use this as a fun homework assignment!
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I used this as a FCAT Science review since they have to remember SO MANY vocabulary terms. Great way to engage their long term memory with definitions they thought they had forgotten.
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Fun resource for review the bazillion science vocab words. My students worked on it for a couple days!
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Cannot wait to use when reviewing.
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Susan W. –
This is great for my students before the state test.
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Teach Train Travel –
This was great! I actually cut the word apart from the definition and made it a matching activity! Thank you!
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cynthia K. –
Great activity for practicing before our state test!
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My students enjoyed this puzzle format for reviewing science vocabulary.
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Great hands-on activity to make review fun for students.
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Great review of science vocabulary.
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Corinna N. –
Perfect for a small group activity!
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I’m looking forward to using this interactive vocabulary resource!
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Allison B. –
Thank you for this great resource. It was helpful for reviewing.
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Tracy L. –
I was really happy to see that there were several formats available to meet the different needs of my ESE students. I’m planning to use these after each unit next year and adding to the book as we go along. I like the fact that you can break the units apart to review as needed. Thank you for this wonderful resource!
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Patricia R. –
Helpful in our science rotations and as an additional support to instruction. Thank you.
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Deanna B. –
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VALENTINE LLOYD-CHARLES –
I used this as a review for our Science state assessmnet and as a center activity.
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Michele V. –
Use for centers
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Carolyn G. –
Perfect for my 5th graders to practice their science vocabulary.
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a great resource for improving science vocabulary
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Great hands on activity for my students to practice vocabulary.
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Fun way to review vocabulary!
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These are excellent to reinforce new vocabulary!
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Great resource for my students to use when preparing for their upcoming test!
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I used this as a test prep center activity in the weeks leading up to the state exam, and I think it was a very effective way to reinforce key concepts. Thank you for a great product!
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Maria G. –
My students thorougj;y enjoyed using the cards and we used it several times. They ask for it frequently. A good review.
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Tina Sanders –
I used this to review science vocabulary with my students in small groups and then they were able to use it independently in small groups.
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The resource can be very engaging and helpful but does take time to cut and organize it just right
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Deborah R. –
My 5th graders enjoyed “finding” their matches. We used this as a team building experience as well.
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Regina S. –
I used this resource for my 5th-grade English Learners. They enjoyed challenging one another in their knowledge of Science vocabulary. Thank you for this wealth of Science vocabulary.
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Wanda M. –
I shrunk the vocab and made a set for the students to put in their journals and refer to the words as needed.
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Abigail B. –
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