Science Linkups

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 to strengthen scientific understanding, vocabulary comprehension, and logical reasoning through analogy-based thinking. By completing analogies such as DNA is to genes as book is to words, learners connect concepts from biology, physics, and earth science while practicing close reading, inference, and cross-disciplinary reasoning.

Learning Goals

• Scientific Conceptual Reasoning (Grades 4-6) – Analyze relationships between key science terms across disciplines.
• Vocabulary in Scientific Contexts – Understand how academic and domain-specific vocabulary functions within analogies.
• Logical Relationship Application – Apply part-to-whole, function, and system-based reasoning to scientific ideas.
• STEM Literacy Development – Strengthen the connection between language skills and scientific knowledge.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to align with upper-elementary ELA and science standards.
• Cross-Disciplinary Integration – Reinforces science content while building language and reasoning skills.
• Analogy-Based Thinking – Encourages deep understanding rather than surface-level memorization.
• Flexible Use – Ideal for science warm-ups, literacy centers, enrichment, or review activities.
• Low-Prep Design – Easy to print and use in classroom or homeschool settings.

This printable worksheet helps students see how scientific concepts connect through meaningful relationships. By solving science-based analogies, learners strengthen vocabulary precision, conceptual understanding, and critical thinking across subjects. Whether used in a science lesson or an integrated ELA block, this activity supports deeper comprehension and confident application of STEM language and ideas.

This worksheet is part of our Analogy collection.