Looking for fun and interactive parent, teacher, care-giver resources to support Earth Space programming? Here is an earth space scrambled letters word maze puzzle that activates problem solving strategies while helping to consolidate vocabulary. Suitable for students in grades 4,5,6, home schools. Puzzle supports distance, blended, independent and differentiated learning.
Access the two versions:
1. download puzzle to print
2. click on the Google apps link to copy the file to the computer for the Google apps version
Solve the Puzzle
-Unscramble the letters in the word clues to discover the words hidden in the grid. Record the correct spelling.
-Locate the circled letter, which is the start of the word maze: |M|.
-Note that letter paths will travel up, down, right, and left but not diagonally. Letter paths do not cross.
-Compare the surrounding letters with the list of unscrambled words and then trace the word path.
-At the end of one word path, compare the surrounding letters with the list of remaining words and then trace the next word path.
-Repeat the previous step until 19 word paths have created the maze within the grid. The word paths are all joined, from the beginning word to the last letter of the last word.
-Track progress by crossing out the words as they are located.
This word maze puzzle is suitable for students in grades 4,5,6, homeschooling and as a tutoring resource. Word search answers are included in the file download.