1. Puzzlemaker

2. Puzzlemaker (Discovery Education)
 http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-
puzzlemaker/?CFID=1275755&CFTOKEN=73559956
 It’s FREE!
 Offers a variety of different puzzles and
games from word searches to math
puzzles
 Easy to use. Plug in the information you
want and it does the work for you.

3. Perks of Puzzlemaker
 User friendly
 HTML or text format
 format friendly for printing or cutting and pasting
to a different application
 Word Filter
 Generates student copy and answer key
 Includes instructions

4. Cautions while using Puzzlemaker
 Still suggests proofreading puzzles for
unwanted words
 Files only viewable in Netscape and
Internet Explorer browsers 4.0 or higher
 Site does not give decent description of
puzzles (have to make a sample to see
what it is).

5. How does this benefit learning?
 Makes learning FUN!
 Ex.) The math puzzles involve critical thinking,
reasoning, and math skills but students may be
more intrigued simply because it is a
game/puzzle.
 Could be used as quiet, but educational,
on-topic work (after a test, etc)
 Introduction to a topic
 Ex.) Could use a “hidden message” puzzle to
introduce vocabulary words with the main topic
of the next lesson being the hidden message.

6. Types of Puzzles
 Word Search  Cryptograms
 Criss-Cross  Number Blocks
 Double Puzzles  Hidden Message
 Fallen Phrases
 Math Squares
 Mazes
 Letter Tiles

7. Word Search

8. Criss-Cross

9. Double Puzzle

10. Fallen Phrase

11. Math Squares

12. Maze

13. Letter Tiles

14. Cryptogram

15. Number Block

16. Hidden Message

17. Hidden Message
Solution

18. Sample
Use the following words/phrase to make sample puzzles
 Title: The skeleton •Phrase: The adult skeleton is made of two
 Word Bank hundred six bones
Scapula
Femur
Patella
Tibia
Fibula
Clavicle
Skull
Vertebrae
Rib
Sternum
Phalanges
Sacrum
Coccyx
Ulna
Radius
Mandible