Using Escape Rooms and Scavenger Hunts in the Classroom
Our grade level won a prize from our PTA one time. It was an escape room. A mom got it all set up, and while she had the best of intentions, it was way too hard for the third graders. Add in the fact that the first class that got to experience it ruined it for the other two classes at recess, and it just wasn’t successful.
I do think escape rooms and scavenger hunts can be successful activities to add to any classroom. You just have to make sure the puzzles are age appropriate. I’ve taken a few courses to help me put together the best resources I can. I’m having a lot of fun making them, and I plan to make many more in the future.
These types of activities work great for reviewing important concepts, practicing reading comprehension, or working on team building skills. They also can be planned as a reward or end of year activity.
All you have to do is familiarize yourself with the puzzles, print, and copy. That’s it! See below for some FUN activities you can do with your class today!
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ESCAPE ROOMS
Are you looking for an escape room with a FUN theme? Your students will enjoy this Amusement Park Escape Room. There’s a secret mission to get students hooked and 8 puzzles for students to complete to crack the code.
Students can work in pairs or in small groups, making this a great team building exercise. While this would be a fun activity in the classroom, it could also work for an at home activity, such as a birthday party.
What’s Included?
- Overview
- Teacher Directions
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Information About Each Puzzle
- Secret Mission Story
- 8 Puzzle Challenges
- Secret Word Recorder Answer Sheet
- End of Game Award Certificate
- Hint Cards
- Answer Keys
- Available in BOTH Color and Black/White
This Abraham Lincoln/Presidents’ Day escape room will take students on a FUN reading comprehension journey! This activity has students read about Abraham Lincoln and complete challenges in order to ‘escape.’
After reading the passage, students go through FOUR challenges, referring back to the passage to find their answers.
This George Washington/Presidents’ Day escape room will take students on a FUN reading comprehension journey! This activity has students read about George Washington and complete challenges in order to ‘escape.’
This George Washington/Presidents’ Day escape room is a great reading comprehension activity where students solve to find clues and end up with a 4-digit code that will allow them to finally ‘escape!’
SCAVENGER HUNTS
This animal adaptations reading passages SCAVENGER HUNT is a FUN comprehension and science activity for desert and Arctic Tundra habitats. Students find reading passage cards around the room, read the question at the bottom of the card, and then ‘hunt’ for the code word (answer) on a different card. All of the answers are found in the text. Students just have to find which card it’s on!
In this scavenger hunt students will learn about the jackrabbit’s adaptations. The mission they read at the beginning is a short story meant to hook them. The reading cards are all nonfiction text where students learn about why jackrabbits live in the desert and not the tundra.
