Science Worksheet · Grades 3–5

Rocks and Minerals Word Search Worksheet

A printable rocks and minerals word search for grades 3 to 5. Students find 12 words about the three kinds of rock, the rock cycle and minerals, hidden across, down, and diagonally up or down, then use the words to finish sentences.

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Subject

Science

Grades

Grades 3–5

Skill Focus

Rocks and Minerals Word Search, Earth science

Lesson Length

25 minutes

Learning Objective

Students will find 12 vocabulary words about rocks and minerals in a word search and use them to complete sentences.

Lesson Overview

About this worksheet

This worksheet has a 13 by 13 word search with 12 vocabulary words about the three kinds of rock, the rock cycle and minerals. The words run across, down, and diagonally up or down, and a word bank under the grid has a box to check off each word as it is found.

Page 2 checks that the words are understood, not just spotted: eight sentences to finish with a word from the bank, each written so only one word fits, and two words for the student to use in sentences of their own. Page 3 is the answer key, with the puzzle solved, where each word starts, the sentence answers and sample sentences.

It comes in two editions: a color PDF and a low-ink black-and-white PDF for everyday copying.

How to Use This Lesson

Read the words in the word bank together.

Find and circle each word in the puzzle, then check it off.

On page 2, finish each sentence with a word from the bank, then write two sentences of your own.

Check the work with the answer key on page 3.

Printable Resource

Pick the version that suits your printer: full color, or the low-ink black-and-white edition. Same worksheet, same answer key.

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