Download and print this free scientific method word search — 15 hidden words tracking the whole process from HYPOTHESIS to CONCLUSION, with the DATA and EVIDENCE that connect them along the way. It’s a free PDF with the answer key included, sized for standard printer paper and ready for lab-day warm-ups, a unit starter on the scientific method, or a quick sub-plan activity.
The word list runs easy-to-medium: DATA, TESTING and RESULT give quick wins, while OBSERVATION, EXPERIMENT and PROCEDURE take a bit more scanning. It works well from about grade 5 up, and doubles as a handy vocabulary review before students write their own lab report.
The 15 Words in This Puzzle
Every step of good science is in here: form a HYPOTHESIS, design the EXPERIMENT, run the PROCEDURE, gather your DATA and EVIDENCE, then reach a CONCLUSION you can defend with THEORY and RESEARCH behind it. Here’s the full word bank you’ll be hunting for:
- ANALYSIS
- CONCLUSION
- CONTROL
- DATA
- EVIDENCE
- EXPERIMENT
- HYPOTHESIS
- OBSERVATION
- PREDICTION
- PROCEDURE
- RESEARCH
- RESULT
- TESTING
- THEORY
- VARIABLE