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This 15-word life science word search introduces students to vocabulary of the scientific method and critical thinking. Hidden words include hypothesis, observation, inference, prediction, and scientific theory, spanning how scientists conduct and communicate research. Use it as a warm-up for a scientific-method unit, a sub-plan activity, or a template for customizing with domain-specific vocabulary.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Scientific Method
Grade Level:
6th – 8th Grades
Updated August 2023

Word List

  • CRITICALTHINKING
  • HYPOTHESIS
  • INFERENCE
  • OBSERVATION
  • PHYSICAL
  • POTENTIAL
  • PREDICTION
  • SSCIENCECIENCE
  • SCIENTIFICLAWSCIENTIFICLAW
  • SCIENTIFICTHEORY
  • TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY
  • DESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTION
  • EXPLANATION
  • INTERNATIONALSYSTEMOFUNITS
  • SIGNIFICANTDIGITS

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