Word scramble · Science
History of space exploration word scramble with a secret word · Grade 6
Unscramble 12 words about history of space exploration using the clues, then use the circled letters to find a bonus secret word. Practices spelling and topic vocabulary.
- Grade 6 · ages 11 to 12
- Hard
- 15 to 20 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
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.
- Orbiting laboratory where crews live and work for months
- Reusable winged spacecraft that flew from 1981 to 2011
- Name for a Soviet or Russian space traveler
- Cargo, such as a satellite, carried by a rocket
- Vehicle pushed upward by hot gases blasting out its back
- Person trained to travel into space
- Describes something related to the Moon
- Spacecraft that circles a planet to study it
- Wheeled robot that explores another world's surface
- Object that orbits a planet, either natural or human-made
- Moment a spacecraft lifts off
- Uncrewed spacecraft sent to study distant worlds
- Secret word
What your child practices
Your child practices spelling and topic vocabulary. The skill is “Sun, Moon, planets and stars”: describe the Sun, the Moon's phases, the planets and stars, day and night, years and Earth's movements.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 6, ages 11 to 12
- Time
- About 15 to 20 minutes
- Subject
- Science
- Level
- Hard for Grade 6
- 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 6, 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 6
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