Vocabulary.com/AOL Archive

Cynny Nym

"Hi, I'm Etta Molly Gee, Professor of Library Science at Vocabulary University. molly@vocabulary.com

I created the AOL-Archive for everyone. The AOL-Reference & Learn Channel relationship with Vocabulary University began in September '97. In 1998 we created 10 different sets of puzzles (see the list below). In 1999 we began with Millennium Puzzles and ended the year with a "Holiday Traditions" puzzle set that included Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan and Kwansaa. The full puzzles can be seen by clicking on the respective puzzle listed below!

1998
January '98 "New Year's Resolution" puzzles
February '98 "Olympic" puzzles
March '98 "Women's History" puzzzles
April '98 "Earth Day" puzzles
May '98 "History of Photography" puzzles
June '98 "Monster" puzzles
July '98 "Insect" puzzles
September-October '98 "Science Fair" puzzles
(active at Science Fair puzzles.)
November '98 "Geography Awareness" puzzles
(active at Geography Awareness puzzles.)
December '98 "Holiday Season" puzzles
1999
Millennium Vocabulary Puzzle #1
(active at Millennium-MVP #1.)
Millennium Vocabulary Puzzle #2
(active at Millennium-MVP #2.)
June '99 "Shakespeare" puzzles
August 11, 1999 - Total Solar Eclipse puzzles
September '99 "Top 100 SAT Words" in 3 puzzles
December '99 "Holiday Traditions 1999"
2000
Jan-Feb. 2000 "Valentine's Day" puzzles
Feb-March 2000 - The Sacagawea new $1.00 Coin puzzles
March-April 2000 - Basketball & Hockey Playoff puzzles
June 2000 - Korean War 50 year Commemorative puzzles
July 2000 - Fourth of July "Fireworks" puzzles
Election Campaign Fall 2000 - crosswords, puzzles and creative exercises
October 2000 "Halloween" puzzles
November 2000 "Turkey Day" puzzles

Come back soon. Please feel free to now to visit the other new grade level vocabulary puzzles at Vocabulary University® by clicking on Session #126 here.

January '98 featured New Year's RESOLUTIONS

Below you will find 12 words, 4 in each puzzle. Happy new year!

Puzzle #1 Letter P
Puzzle #2 Letter C
Puzzle #3 Letter i
Solution to all new year's resolution puzzles Answers

February '98 featured THE OLYMPICS.

Below you will find 12 words, 6 in each puzzle. Happy competition!

Puzzle #1 Olympic Metals A-B-C
Puzzle #2 Olympic Metals D-E-F
Solution to all Olympic synonym & antonym puzzles Answers

March '98 featured WOMEN'S HISTORY.

Below you will find 12 words, 4 in each puzzle. Happy adventuring!

Puzzle #1 Women Who Dared
Puzzle #2 Women Advocates
Puzzle #3 Women Leaders
Solution to all women's history puzzles Answers

April '98 featured EARTH DAY.

Below you will find 12 words, 4 in each puzzle. Happy environment!

Puzzle #1 Environmental Nouns
Puzzle #2 Environmental Verbs
Puzzle #3 Environmental Adjectives
Solution to all Earth Day puzzles Answers

May '98 featured PHOTOGRAPHY.

Below you will find 12 words, 4 in each puzzle. Happy snapping!

Puzzle #1 film and the camera
Puzzle #2 creating pictures in a dark room
Puzzle #3 planning process of picture-taking
Solution to all Photography puzzles Answers

June '98 featured MONSTERS.

Below you will find 12 words, 4 in each puzzle. Beware of his bite!!!

Puzzle #1 Creature's description
Puzzle #2 Creature's description
Puzzle #3 The havoc created by a creature
Solution to all Monster puzzles Answers

July '98 featured SUMMER INSECTS.

Below you will find 18 words, 6 in each puzzle. Tiny things bite but they are beautiful!!!

Puzzle #1 Bees
Puzzle #2 Ants
Puzzle #3 Butterfly
Solution to all Summer Insect puzzles Answers

September-October '98 featured SCIENCE FAIRS.

Below you will find 12 words, 4 in each puzzle. Happy experimenting!!!

Puzzle #1 CHEMISTRY
Puzzle #2 PHYSICS
Puzzle #3 GEOLOGY
Solution to all Science Fair puzzles Answers

November '98 featured GEOGRAPHY AWARENESS.

Below you will find 12 words, 4 in each puzzle. Happy exploring!

Puzzle #1 Globe
Puzzle #2 Satellite
Puzzle #3 Planet
Solution to all geography puzzles Answers

December '98 featured the HOLIDAY SEASON.

Below you will find 12 words, 4 in each puzzle. Happy holidays!

Puzzle #1 Redbird
Puzzle #2 Fireplace
Puzzle #3 Whitebird
Solution to all holiday season puzzles Answers

Calendar Year 1999

February and April '99 featured the initial two Millennium series puzzles.

Puzzle #1 Elvis Presley
Puzzle #2 Gutenberg Printing Press
Puzzle #3 The Atom Bomb
Puzzle #4 Thomas Edison
Puzzle #5 Louis Pasteur & Microbiology
Puzzle #6 The Transitor Invention
Solution to all 6 Millennium puzzles Answers

June '99 celebrated Shakespeare and his works.

Below you will find 12 words, 4 in each puzzle. The Bard at his best!

Puzzle #1 Purple Royalty
Puzzle #2 Green with Envy
Puzzle #3 Beware of Black
Solution to all Shakespeare puzzles Answers

August '99 celebrated the Total Solar Eclipse on 8/11/99.

Below you will find 12 words, 4 in each puzzle. See how bright you are!

Puzzle #1 Sun & Moon
Puzzle #2 Eclipse #1
Puzzle #3 Eclipse #2
Solution to all Solar Eclipse puzzles Answers

September '99 tested knowledge many of the TOP 100 SAT Words.

December '99 featured words representative of 4 holidays: Christman, Hanukkah, Ramadan and Kwansaa.

Calendar Year 2000

January-February 2000 featured Valentine's Day.

Below you will find 12 words, 4 in each puzzle. Sending wishes from the heart!

Puzzle #1Candy Hearts #1
Puzzle #2 Really Big Heart
Puzzle #3 Candy Hearts #2
Solution to all Valentine puzzles Answers

February 2000 displayed the new Sacagawea "Golden Dollar" and other coins in puzzles.

Below you will find 12 words, 4 in each puzzle. Show me the Money!

Puzzle #1 Sacagawea Golden Dollar
Puzzle #2 Silver Dollars
Puzzle #3 Indianhead Pennies
Solution to all Sacagawea coin puzzles Answers

March-April 2000 featured NCAA Basketball & Hockey Playoff word puzzles.

June 2000 celbrated the Korean War 50 year Commemorative with word puzzles.

July 2000 - Fourth of July "Fireworks" puzzles

Fall Election Campaign 2000

creative activities including (1) fill-in-the-blanks; (2) definition matching; (3) election crosswords.
a list of 100+ election-related word and 50 cliches.

October 2000 tried to trick and "spook" with 3 Halloween word puzzles

November 2000 had fun using Thanksgiving Day "turkey" words.

"Educational Stimulation and Fun -- that's the way it should be!!!"

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