Word scramble · Science
Simple machines word scramble with a secret word · Grade 5
Unscramble 10 words about simple machines using the clues, then use the circled letters to find a bonus secret word. Practices spelling and topic vocabulary.
- Grade 5 · ages 10 to 11
- Hard
- 15 to 20 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
Goes with the game Machine Repair.
The answer key is a separate page for grown-ups. Sign in to download it.
The scrambled words and clues
Directions: Unscramble the letters to make a word that matches the clue. Write one letter in each box. Then copy the circled letters, in number order, to find the secret word.
- Playground lever with a rider on each end
- Wheel with a rope in its groove, used to lift loads
- The point a lever turns on, like the middle of a seesaw
- 4. A · L · E · X
- Rod through the center of a wheel
- 5. O · D · A · L
- The object a machine moves or lifts
- The force you put into a machine
- 7. O · R · W · K
- Using a force to move something over a distance
- Round part that turns on an axle
- Two slopes back to back that split things apart, like an ax blade
- Describes a machine made of two or more simple machines
- Secret word
What your child practices
Your child practices spelling and topic vocabulary. The skill is “Simple machines”: use levers, pulleys, gears and ramps, and explain how they trade force for distance or change direction.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 5, ages 10 to 11
- Time
- About 15 to 20 minutes
- Subject
- Science
- Level
- Hard for Grade 5
- Answer key
- Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
- Printing
- 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
- Updated
How to use it
Read the rules at the top together and try the first step side by side. Use a pencil so mistakes rub out easily, and check every answer at the end. It is one of the harder sheets for Grade 5, best once the basics of the skill are secure.
An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.
Tip for grown-ups: Say the clue first; knowing the meaning makes unscrambling much easier.
Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.
Science · Grade 5
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