Description

A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
A sudden outbreak of something, typically something unwelcome or noisy.
A dense, destructive mass of very hot ash, lava fragment, and gases ejected explosively from a volcano and typically flowing downslope at great speed.
A broad volcano built up from the repeated nonexplosive eruption of basalt to form a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera at the summit.
A triangle-shaped hill formed as material from volcanic eruptions piles up around the volcanic vent, or opening in earth's crust
A type of lava having a rough, jagged surface.
Describes a particular kind of volcanic eruption, one in which lava bubbles up out of the volcano and flows around it.
Basaltic lava forming smooth undulating or ropy masses.
Places within the mantle where rocks melt to generate magma.
Hot fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling.
The nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up.
A hard, unreactive, colorless compound that occurs as the mineral quartz and as a principal constituent of sandstone and other rocks.
An airlike fluid substance which expands freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity.
A substance that can be made to explode, especially any of those used in bombs or shells,

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What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

Who is a crossword suitable for?

The fantastic thing about crosswords is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need. You can use many words to create a complex crossword for adults, or just a couple of words for younger children.

Crosswords can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.

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Once you’ve picked a theme, choose clues that match your students current difficulty level. For younger children, this may be as simple as a question of “What color is the sky?” with an answer of “blue”.

Are crosswords good for students?

Crosswords are a great exercise for students' problem solving and cognitive abilities. Not only do they need to solve a clue and think of the correct answer, but they also have to consider all of the other words in the crossword to make sure the words fit together.

Crosswords are great for building and using vocabulary.

If this is your first time using a crossword with your students, you could create a crossword FAQ template for them to give them the basic instructions.

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Crosswords are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as they test their reading, comprehension and writing all at the same time. When learning a new language, this type of test using multiple different skills is great to solidify students' learning.

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