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.