Want to have some fun?

How about trying some of our word search and crossword puzzles?  They are all based on the articles at the Ask a Biologist site.

Each puzzle can be printed out including the answers.  So be careful not to look at the second page or you will miss the fun of figuring out the puzzles yourself.


Pick a puzzle from the table below.  The left column lists the article the puzzle is based on and includes a hot link to the page (just in case you need some help). 

All the puzzles are in Adobe Acrobat format.  You will need Acrobat Reader to view and print them out on your printer. To download Adobe Acrobat Reader click on the icon.

Article title Word Search Puzzle Crossword Puzzle
Ants
By Guy Webster
47 KB  
Ant Farm
By Rebecca Clark
35 KB 33 KB
Building Blocks of Life
By Shyamala Iyer
85 KB 88 KB
Collecting Ants
By Rebecca Clark
34 KB 32 KB
Cloning Ewe
By Faye Farmer
47 KB 34 KB
Face to Face with Ants
By Tate Holbrook
36 KB 39 KB
Feather Biology
by C.J. Kazilek
32 KB 24 KB
He Ain't Tasty- He's My Brother
by Steve Koppes
60 KB 33 KB
How Beetles Reproduce
by Jenny Drnevich
48KB  
How to Find What You Need on the Internet
by C.J. Kazilek
96KB  
I Spy and Ecosystem
by Tamara Harms
29 KB 42 KB
Mite Mighty Foe to 'Killer' Bees in State
by Paul Matthews
65 KB  
Mighty Morphing Tree Lizards
by Danika Painter
61KB 48 KB
Migrating Monarchs
by Tracy Fuentes
28 KB 19 KB
Not So Scary Scorpions
by Christopher Putnam
72 KB 44 KB
Sea Urchins Do Research
by C.J. Kazilek
38 KB  
Secrets of a Superoganism
By Tate Holbrook & Rebecca Clark
37 KB 38 KB
Seeing Color
by Kim Cooper and C.J. Kazilek
80 KB 71 KB
The Tale of the Two Headed
Lampropeltis getulus californiae

by C.J. Kazilek
47 KB 32 KB
Time Traveling Plants
by Elena Ortiz-Barney
77 KB  
Wastewater: Nature's Power Drink?
by Roy Marler
35 KB  
Where In The World Is Kazakhstan?
by Heather Triplett
92 KB  
Why Are British Sailors Called Limeys?
by  Corinne Corte
53 KB  41 KB


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