Build a Better Mousetrap: Criss Cross

Answer clues based on the content and vocabulary words from Build a Better Mousetrap. Look for hints in the Word Bank. Print the puzzle or use on your tablet, phone, or computer.
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Across

  • 2. A brilliant person; a person of exceptional intelligence.
  • 4. An invention allowing those in a submarine to look above water.
  • 5. A person who designs or builds machines or public works.
  • 7. To examine something closely to gain information.
  • 9. A scientific procedure used to make a discovery through testing a hypothesis.

Down

  • 1. Someone who creates a new tool, methodology, or innovation.
  • 3. An upgrade or enhancement to something.
  • 4. An invention used to slow the rate of falling using cloth.
  • 6. The mental stimulation to do something creative.
  • 8. The first step in inventing is identifying a ______.

Word Bank

inventor
genius
observation
experiment
parachute
periscope
inspiration
engineer
problem
improvement