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The object underneath your screen, and is also what your shirt around so that it keeps it in place while you print.
A machine that you place the screen and your design in with the film positive taped with the design facing upwards, then it sucks all of the air out, and exposes the screen to Ultraviolet light, so that you will be able to clean the screen and print.
The process after flooding, and this is when you apply the ink to whatever material you’re printing on.
The name of the fabric that is attached to the screen, and that you use to let ink pass through to create a design.
A room where no ultraviolet light can be exposed to the screens with emulsion on them that are waiting to be exposed and create a design.
The name of the software program that you use to create your design that you want to put on a shirt.
While creating screens, you have to make different screens for different color inks that you want to use, and you also use this when printing colors on darker shirts, because you have to put a white coat underneath.
A process that involves ink before you can actually print on a shirt, and you do this so that it’s easier to get the ink through the screen.
A simple design that you add on to your film positives so that after you expose and clean your screen and are ready to print, can help you line up different screens with different colors.
Located in the washout booth, and is what you use to remove the emulsion after you expose it so you can create your design on the screen.
Contains a metal or wooden frame, with mesh stretch across between the two ends.
The process of cleaning a screen after it has wiped clean of ink, and been put in the dip tank.
Thicker inks require bigger gaps in mesh, so for bigger “holes”, what type of screen would you need?
This is used during the process of exposing screens.
You put your shirt through this machine after printing is complete, and you also put your screen positives through this so that they get exposed to the ultraviolet light.
A machine that is used to heat ink in between printing with multiple colors so that the inks don’t blend.
A tool that is used to physically to print, and is what you use to move the ink.
A type of light that you do not want your screen to be exposed to before putting it in the vacuum exposure unit.
A type of ink that is used to screen print.
This is a chemical mixture that you apply to the screen before exposing to ultraviolet light.

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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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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.

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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.