Science Taboo - Free Vocabulary Card Game (Primary Science)

A quick, fun vocabulary game your class will actually ask to play again, and it is grounded in research.

Science Taboo takes five minutes and zero prep. One pupil faces the class with their back to the board, a key science word goes up behind them, and the class describes it without saying the word. They guess, swap, and repeat.

What is inside:

• A simple how-to-play guide (use it in class or at home)
• - Ready-made cards for primary science topics: states of matter, plants, the human body, sound, light, electricity and rocks
• - Blank cards to make your own for any topic

Why it works: saying words out loud helps them stick about 50% better than written-only, and children need 15 to 20 meaningful goes with a word before it lands (Conti, 2025). One round of Science Taboo gives them a good chunk of those, with plenty of laughing along the way.

Perfect for teachers and parents or carers. Print, cut, and play.