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Grade 3 Chemistry Word Search

Science Word Search Printable • Grade 3

Chemistry examines matter and how it can change. At this level, children can focus on observable properties, states of matter, mixtures, and changes such as melting or freezing without needing advanced formulas.

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Preview of Chemistry Word Search
Chemistry Word Search

Use the words before and after the puzzle

Before solving, ask your child to circle unfamiliar words in the list. Afterward, choose three words to explain, draw, or use in a science sentence. Open the printable PDF below when you are ready.

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What children can practice

  • Classify examples as solids, liquids, or gases.
  • Describe matter using observable properties.
  • Distinguish mixing from a change of state in familiar examples.

For parents and homeschool

Classify matter in the kitchen

Choose safe examples that can be observed without tasting or mixing household chemicals.

  1. Step 1

    List two solids, two liquids, and one gas.

  2. Step 2

    Describe color, shape, texture, or how each example fills a container.

  3. Step 3

    Choose one example and predict what heating or cooling might change.

Also useful for teachers

A quick classroom adaptation

Use the printable before a matter-sorting station. Students can justify classifications and distinguish properties they observed from changes they predict.

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