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Author

Green Guardians

Grades

5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

Subjects

Science, Biology, Earth and Space Sciences, English Language Arts, Health

Resource Types

  • Game
  • Interactive Media

Regional Focus

Global

Crossword on Air Pollution

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Synopsis
  • 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.  
Scientist Notes
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.
Standards

This resource addresses the listed standards. To fully meet standards, search for more related resources.

  • English Language Arts
    • Language (K-12)
      • L.3.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
      • L.3.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).
      • L.5.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
      • L.6.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
  • Science
    • ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
      • MS-ESS3-4. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
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