Wayne's World of Science Breakout - Review of all 5th grade content

The purpose of this activity was to create a kinesthetic lesson based upon all of the 5th grade essential standards with a minimal understanding of escape rooms.  This breakout was designed for all users; therefore all the clues are easily duplicated for any person to easily and quickly recreate for their individual classroom.  The breakout should last around 35-45 minutes.  

All that is required are a few containers for the clues and the students Chromebooks a box with a few locks.  I uploaded instructions how to setup the game along with all the steps of the game in detail to follow along and ensure success.

Provided is a link to all the materials, instructions, and videos that you will need to create the game

Materials Needed:  A box that can be locked, at least 3 locks, 6 shoeboxes, sheet protectors, chromebook/ipad, envelopes/folders, construction paper, 3 baggies, index cards, sharpie, some decorated containers:  folders, boxes, envelopes to place clues in around the room, Wayne’s Intro video

Setup:  

Set the locks to the following combinations:  7,3,5 8,1,4 6,4,2

tape sheet protectors to the top of the shoeboxes (allows interchangeable text/images to be placed on top.

- to replace the images and keep the boxes for other games

Print all materials:  Double Puzzle, Forces Visual Boxes, I have Who has? (6 sets), Matter Number Sort, etc

Using index cards spell out “anemometer”, “wind vane”, and “barometer”.  Write one letter one each card for the students to sort the cards to spell out their weather instrument. - Place in small baggies

Slide Forces Graphs in the sheet protectors on top of the 6 boxes

Cut out “I have, Who has” into squares and place them in each box

Cut out the QR codes and place on a wall

Place Double Puzzle sheets in envelopes/folders - label the area “BODY SYSTEMS”

Place the Matter Number sort in separate envelopes or folders - labeled “WAYNE IS HAVING SUM FUN”

Place/Tape the challenge baggies on or near the Wayne’s Tools of SCIENCE  for students to easily pick up

Place the “Tools of Science” labels on one side of colored construction paper and the vocabulary match on the other.  Place the challenge cards in a place where the challenge card label can be seen and somewhere they are not easily obtainable since it is the last clue for the game. **The FIRST THREE matter match are the correct ones - THEY MUST BE BEHIND “air pressure, wind speed, and wind direction” in order for the game to work.

Place the clues all over the classroom to setup your Wayne’s World Lab.  Label or identify the areas for students to easily find.

Any folder/box you are using can be dead ends with messages “try again”

Resources:  Discovery Education Puzzlemaker, Google Sheets, Google Forms, Puppet Pals 2, QR stuff.com, youtube, plus worksheet and game ideas

The Breakout Game: Place all your students into three / five  groups

Play the youtube video of Wayne introducing the breakout and explain all three teams need to work collaboratively within their own group along with all three groups working together to open the three locks to end the game.  The video keeps the theme of the game, plus its a timer.

Clue 1:  Wayne’s favorite pastime:  Students complete the wordsearch to determine what their next clue is:  “SUM”.  Students will have to find the station labeled “WAYNE IS HAVING SUM FUN”.

Clue 2:  Matter Number Sort:  There are 6 different sheets, have students randomly select one and complete.  Each of the 6 examples has the same correct number:  37.  However each leads to a different body system.

Clue 3:  Double Puzzle Body Systems:  Students sort the terms located within that system to generate the next clue.  Hardest component is certain numbers are used repeatedly due to the same letter being used to spell out the clue.  Each clue will lead to a different QR code.

Clue 4:  QR Winds:  Students match the term from double body systems to the definition located below a QR code.  **Monitor students closely to determine they are selecting the correct QR code for their term.  Reason all QR codes lead to a video and may will progress through the game even with a correct matching term.

Clue 5:  Wayne Youtube / Visual Box:  Students watch a short youtube video to identify what type of graph they need to find located on top of one of the 6 boxes.  **Monitor students closely to determine they are selecting the correct graph/box.  As above, the group can progress even though they may have selected the wrong graph.  

Clue 6:  I have Who Has Cards:  Students find cards to line up according to I have, Who has to spell out a google Form.  **Students will have the most difficult with transference since the URL has to be spelled EXACTLY.  It is case sensitive and the symbols need to be included.  

Here is the Google Form the cards link to: http://goo.gl/forms/6NmbMa0QNu   

Clue 7:  Google Form Science Review:  The Google Form contains several questions from Weather, Forces and Matter.  Students have multiple choices, if they get their answers correct, they progress to the clue very quickly.  However, if they answer incorrectly, they will be given more questions and will take longer to obtain the clue.  **If students SUBMIT form, they will not see what the next clue is and would have to repeat the entire process over again.  

The clue reads:  You will need the best tools for the job. Select one bag to spell out your next clue

Clue 8: Anagram Sort:  Students select ONE of the three bags and sort the words of a weather instrument and match the definition to determine which challenge card to select

Clue 9:  Vocabulary Match Tools of Science:  Students select the correct card.  Behind the Tools card are terms which correlate to selecting the three numbers to unlock one of the locks.  Numbers on the lock work from top to bottom.  Only three cards work.  The others are dead ends.

Once a team opens a lock, they can help support the other two teams complete theirs.  
If all 3 teams open the three locks within the set time they win and earn 5’s on their challenge.

5th Grade Science Review Escape Room

This game was run to review all 5th grade science concepts for their end of grade assessment. Below are the steps of the game followed by all that you need to recreate the game.

The Breakout Game

Clue 1: Intro Video - setup theme, provides first clue by playing songs from Moby

Clue 2:  Makey Makey Operation Game - students retrieve one of the many messages inside the operation game.  Some say try again.  5 have (3 for now) westerlies, jet stream, gulf stream, el nino, trade winds

Clue 3:  Passing Wind - Find the correct description of a global wind written on a cloud envelope for next clue inside.  They include the 5 mentioned plus Coriolis Effect as a dead end.

Clue 4:  Word Bank - use all of the words in the word bank to complete the sentences, the four remaining words first letters spell out the next clue Insulation, Precipitation, Acceleration, Decomposer - IPAD

Clue 5:  Locks App (numbers lock) - attached to each ipad is a clues sheet to answer several math related science questions, answer all of them and then calculate the sum to enter into the locks app to receive your next clue 1) 40 2) .25 3) 6.5 4) 20 5) 13.25 TOTAL:  80 (locks app)

Clue 6:  Clouds - locks app reveals an image of a cumulus cloud.  Clear baggies hanging from the ceiling containing cotton balls to simulate clouds possess the next clue.  Students need to figure out what to do next and then devise a way to get one of them down.

Clue 7:  I have Who Has - Inside the cloud is a baggie containing I Have Who Has cards to sort.  Lining them up leads to a Bitly http://goo.gl/forms/NytDLOZuiCvrY7KV2

Clue 8:  Google Form - Complete the answers to lead to the next clue:   Incorrect answers lead students into more questions.  The clue reads:  “Go to the cooler and use the best method of heat transfer to thaw out your next clue.”

Clue 9:  Heat Transfer: - Frozen in airtight containers is the next clue.  Provided with materials:  plastic, metal, wood, etc.  students are encouraged to use them to thaw their next clue as quickly as they can. Have students justify why they chose the material they did.  Metal is the fastest. CLUES:  see image box document for images to be placed on boxes and the corresponding messages in the bottles

Clue 10:  Image Boxes:  Thawed were situations that needed to be matched to the appropriate graph found on top of the boxes.  Inside is the Food Web Final Clue

Clue 11:  Final Clue:Complete the Food Web  Inside the images boxes contains a food web where images need to be placed in its correct niche.  Numbers appear on each of the animals in the food web.  Directions ask students to determine the sum for the primary consumers, secondary consumers and the tertiary consumers.  Knowing how many animals for each trophic level is essential otherwise the numbers will be incorrect.

Lock 1:  8, 5, 6 Primary:  1, 1.5, 2, 1.5, 2, Secondary:  1.5, 1.5, 1, 1   tertiary:  2, 3, 1

Lock 2;  9, 7, 4 Primary;  1, 2, 1, 3, 2  Secondary:  2.5, 1.5, 2, 1   tertiary;  1, 2.5, .5

Lock 3:  5, 6, 9 Primary;  .5, 1.5, 1, .5, 1.5  Secondary;  2, 1, 1.5, 1.5   tertiary:  5, 3, 1

SETUP

Puzzle 2:  Makey Makey operation game with scratch loaded.  https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/106530705/

Roll up the clues including dead ends and misleading clues into the glue stick caps.  To create your own Makey Makey Operation game, I used this link.  You will need cereal boxes, conductive tape, and tweezers to make them.  

Puzzle 3:  Passing Wind - Label a container such as a large manilla envelope, box, folder “Passing Wind.”  

Inside will be mailing envelopes for each of the global winds.  Write each definition/explanation on a separate envelope:  coriolis effect, el nino, la nina, prevailing westerlies, jet stream, trade winds, gulf stream.  Some will contain “whoops try again” and the rest will have a copy of the next clue.  

Puzzle 4:  Word Bank - Print copies of the word bank and place inside the envelopes which in turn is placed in the “Passing Wind” container.

Puzzle 5:  Breakoutedu locks app:  I created a number lock on the app with a image of cumulus clouds as the next clue.  The answer that needs to be entered is 80.  Only concern for the app is you need a hotspot to run the app in a classroom.  I used my iphone to share my data to the three ipads I used.  One for each team.  Plus to ensure the students didn’t get lost on the devices, I used guided access to keep the app on the forefront of the ipads and turned off the Auto-lock.

Puzzle 6:  Clouds:  Using zip lock bags, fill them with cotton balls and print the I have Who has cards on cardstock and place them in a smaller zip lock bag inside the cloud bag.  Using duct tape and string, I hung them from the ceiling.  When I first ran the game, the class noticed the bags when they walked in but did not understand until they played the game and quickly made the connection they were clouds on their own.

Puzzle 7:  I have who has - As mentioned in puzzle 6, the cards are printed on cardstock and placed in small ziplock bags inside the cloud ziplock bags hung on the ceiling.  Depending on the number of teams, the number of clouds and “I have” cards will be needed.

Puzzle 8:  Google Form - Students need a device for each team to complete the Google Form.  

**Puzzle: 9:  Heat Transfer -  A cooler is needed with lots of ice to keep everything frozen.  Print the graphs and the clues and separate the clues and graphs by cutting them.  I used airtight containers to place the clues for the graphs inside the containers and placed each of them in a ziplock bag filled with water.  I placed them in the freezer overnight to freeze and they were placed in a portable cooler for the game.  Also at the station are materials that are good/poor conductors for the students to thaw out the clue:  wool, plastic, wood, and metal.  Students are encouraged to explain their choices on what materials they need to thaw out their cannister.  

Puzzle 10:  Image Boxes - I used cigar boxes I covered with colored butcher paper to make them decorative.  I cut and taped sheet protectors on top of the boxes to reuse the image on top of the boxes for whatever game I am playing.  This game as previously mentioned in Puzzle 9, place the cut graphs and place them on top of each box.  There are more boxes than games (9) or so to create dead ends.  You can leave them empty or write “try again” if wanted.

Puzzle 11:  Inside each puzzle box is the printed final clue food web.  You will need to print the blank food web, the animal sheet and cut them into separate pieces plus the instructions for the final clue.