Agriculture - Soils - Crosswords

23 no-prep Crossword Puzzles for Agriculture - Soils.

Review and assess Agricultural: Food and Garden keywords and vocabulary at end of a topic.

Suits CTE, Agriculture, Plant and Soil Science, Food Processing, Food Science, Photosynthesis, Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, Biology, Earth Systems, Ecosystems, Life Science, Land and Water Use, Plant Growth, Matter Cycles, School Garden, Cooking, Farming, and other related subjects.

Suggested for Years 7-10+ / ages 12-17.

The Soils resources and worksheets are a more focused topic than the Farming or Food & Garden ones. Specifically Soils includes terms associated with soil types, matter cycles, soil nutrients and properties, basic land care, and other terms related to soils. The resources would be useful in Agriculture, Life Science, Environment studies etc. See our Keyword Terms (below) or the Soils Free Sample Pack for more details.

Crossword Puzzles are a fun, quick, formative assessment tool, which helps monitor progress of what the student has learnt and can recall from the topic content and glossary terms and definitions. (Bloom: Knowledge, Recall)

With the wide variety and multiple versions of the puzzles included, there is great opportunity for individual, group work, and collaborative learning, while addressing a diverse range of students and depth of knowledge.

Included in Agriculture - Soils - Resource Value Bundle - 42 activities,

also in Agriculture - MEGA Bundle I - 160+ activities. **

Soils Crossword Puzzle features:

• Zero Prep Printables >> Print and go!
• Printer friendly - B&W or Color - Low ink use.
• Typically 20-25+ researched keyword terms and clues for each unit topic.
• Multiple versions of puzzles: class variety, individual work, reduce cheating.
• Puzzles have varying levels of challenges, difficulty, test depth of knowledge.
• Solutions provided for all puzzles.
• Zip download includes resources in PDF format.

Soils Crossword Puzzle types:

• Standard Crossword Puzzle - No help.
• Standard Crossword Puzzle - First Letter help.
• Anagram Crossword Puzzle.
• Communicative Crossword Puzzle. (1x1 or Group Work)
• Clueless Crossword - Solve the Coded Message.
• No Peeky Crossword - Anagram Clues - First Letter help.
• No Peeky No Help Crossword - No Grid or Length Help - Super hard.
• 5x Standard Crossword, 3x other types.

Soils Keyword Terms include:

• Drainage
• Topography
• Compaction
• Aggregate
• Nitrites
• Calcium
• Silt
• Potassium
• Yield
• Salinity
• and 15 more...

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FREE RBS Agriculture Teacher Resources:

• Agriculture: Farming - Free Sample Pack
• Agriculture: Food & Garden - Free Sample Pack
• Agriculture: History - Free Sample Pack
• Agriculture: Photosynthesis - Free Sample Pack
• Agriculture: Plant Parts - Free Sample Pack
• Agriculture: Plant Reproduction - Free Sample Pack
• Agriculture: Seeds - Free Sample Pack
• Agriculture: Soils - Free Sample Pack
• Agriculture: Tractors - Free Sample Pack
• Agriculture: Vegetables - Free Sample Pack
• Agriculture: Weeds - Free Sample Pack
• More Free Teacher Resources from Rough Blobby Shapes

RBS Agriculture Resource Value Bundles:

• Agriculture MEGA Bundle I
• Agriculture: Farming - Bundle
• Agriculture: Food & Garden - Bundle
• Agriculture: Soils - Bundle
• Agriculture: Weeds - Bundle
• Agriculture MEGA Bundle II
• Agriculture: History - Bundle
• Agriculture: Seeds - Bundle
• Agriculture: Tractors - Bundle
• Agriculture: Vegetables - Bundle
• Agriculture / Bio MEGA Bundle III
• Agriculture: Photosynthesis - Bundle
• Agriculture: Plant Parts - Bundle
• Agriculture: Plant Reproduction - Bundle
• Agriculture: Plant Transpiration - Bundle (soon)
• More Resource Bundles from Rough Blobby Shapes

Suggested uses and sequence for RBS teacher resources:

• AlphaBoxes: Pre-test students knowledge of topic and vocabulary.
• BINGO: Introduce keywords at the beginning of a topic. Invite discussion.
• Word Puzzles - Find-A-Word: Reinforce keyword recognition and spelling.
• Definitions Builder: Students read, research and build out their own Glossary.
• Word Match: Assess comprehension and understanding of term / definitions.
• Crosswords: Revise and assess keywords and definitions at the end of a topic.

• Teaching strategies: Collaborative Learning, Group Work, Individual etc.
• Ideal for diverse classrooms. Can be used across multiple years.
• Perfect for "casual" or stand-in teacher emergency lessons.

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RBS Technology Teacher resources are designed to be suitable for:

• US CTE: Career & Technical Education, Agriculture, Engineering, FCS.
• US Science: (Biology, Earth Science, Environment, General Science, Life Science, Physics).
• Australian Curriculum - Digital Technologies & Design & Technology.
• Aust NSW TAS: Technology Mandatory, VET Vocational Education & Training.
• Canada AB, BC (inc NT & YT), MB, NB, NL, SK: Various KLA's including ADST (BIT / HRH / NAT / TMT), CTF - CTS, Home Economics, Industrial Arts, PAA, Skilled Trades, Technology Education.
• New Zealand NZC National Curriculum: Home Economics, Technology.
• UK England National Curriculum: Cooking and Nutrition, Design & Technology.
• UK England T-Levels: Agriculture, Catering, Construction, Manufacturing.
• Appropriate related extensions (Engineering, Food Science, Physics, STEM etc).
• Typically Years 6-10/12. Junior School. Middle School. High School.
• Seventh Grade, Eighth Grade, Ninth Grade, Tenth Grade, Eleventh Grade, Twelfth Grade.
• Australia: Stages 4, Stage 5, and Stage 6.
• UK KS3 + KS4.