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A reason to evacuate your home.
Things to gather and protect BEFORE an emergency occurs.
An ideal safe room is in this place.
An example of a public health emergency.
A response to a public health emergency.
Receiving emergency alerts is a great way to be
Save this up BEFORE an emergency occurs because ATMs will not work during a power outage.
When you reset your clocks, you should check your _____________________.
Be this, not scared.
Where all your contact information is written incase your phone doesn’t work.
MRC
Pet owners should do this with their pet incase they get separated to ensure they can get them back.
Store one gallon of this per person, per day.
An emergency kit item to help you get someone's attention.
This will help you find your way if you get lost.
This will help you see during a power outage.
It is best to have a battery-powered one of these for weather updates.
The best way to avoid the spread of harmful bacteria.
In the event of a quick evacuation, you have this packed.
Contains bandages, gauze, antiseptic and other supplies.
When something dangerous is in the air, you may get an order to _________________________________________.
Local emergency alert system.
Food in your emergency kit should be this.
Not all water is safe to drink, be sure what you are drinking is __________________.
Occurs when there has not been enough rainfall and the water levels get low.
This is the shaking, rolling, or sudden shock of the earth's surface.
This makes the body work extra hard to maintain a normal temperature and keep the body from getting too hot.
This happens after very heavy rains, when rivers overflow, when snow melts too fast or when dams or levees break.
Nature’s most violent type of storm. It appears as a funnel or a cone-shaped cloud with very strong winds.
When masses of earth move down a slope when the soil is weakened.
These storms are very loud and have flashes of light. These can lead to flash floods and they usually occur in the summer when it is warm and humid.
Can range from a normal snow over a few hours to a blizzard that lasts for several days; can bring low temperatures and sometimes strong winds, ice, sleet and freezing rain.
A depression in the ground caused by a collapse of the surface layer.
A type of fire that rages out of control. These happen in the wilderness but affect homes and cities.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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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  • Select your layout, enter your title and your chosen clues and answers
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How do I choose the clues for my crossword?

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.

Can I print my crossword template?

All of our templates can be exported into Microsoft Word to easily print, or you can save your work as a PDF to print for the entire class. Your puzzles get saved into your account for easy access and printing in the future, so you don’t need to worry about saving them at work or at home!

Can I create crosswords in other languages?

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.

We have full support for crossword templates in languages such as Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images, so you can create an entire crossword in your target language including all of the titles, and clues.