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Chemical Elements – Metals Word Search

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This 17-word chemistry word search helps middle school students learn metallic element names from the periodic table. Hidden words include aluminum, platinum, osmium, and zirconium, covering both common and rare metals. Use it as a chemistry-unit vocabulary review, a lab warm-up, or edit as a template for other periodic-table puzzles.

Subject:: Science
Topic:: Chemistry
Grade Level:: 6th – 8th Grades
Updated April 2026

Word List

ALUMINUM
COLBALT
IRON
NICKEL
ZINC
MAGNESIUM
COPPER
LEAD
PLATINUM
ZIRCONIUM
CADMIUM
MANGANESE
SILVER
CHROMIUM
GOLD
OSMIUM
IRIDIUM

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