Description

Get your 7th grade math class engaged at the beginning of the year with this back to school digital escape room! This fun activity encourages collaboration & will help your students review several 6th grade math skills while solving ciphers & puzzles and getting to know their classmates! The math in this escape room is not designed to be super challenging. This escape room is meant for a fun icebreaker to allow for cooperative learning and review. This activity is also great for summer review for rising 7th graders or for an end-of-the-year activity for 6th grade math.

This online activity can be completed by anyone with an internet connected device and a browser. It requires virtually no preparation. The entire breakout process is automated by a Google Form™ (Google™ accounts are NOT required). There are no clues to hide or answers to check.

Your students have spent summer vacation on a deserted island doing scientific research. They find themselves stranded and must follow clues to escape and return home. Finding the area of right triangles will lead to the combination to a backpack. Solving one-step equations will guide them to a clue. Identifying points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane will deliver a message. Solving rate and ratio word problems will help them find their GPS coordinates.

Skills required to complete the puzzles:

• Find the area of right triangles
• Solve one-step equations such as 5x=126, or y-9=84
• Identify points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane
• Solve unit rate word problems
• Solve ratio word problems involving equivalent ratios
• Perform operations with decimals
• Complete simple substitution ciphers

What is included in the PDF?

• Easy to follow instructions
• Details for implementing this product for remote/distance learning (including the option to save a copy of the Google Form™ to your own drive
• Detailed answer key
• Teacher Tips
• Optional recording page for students to show their work, write equations, and work out some of the puzzles.
• Optional success signs to snap a photo with to celebrate saving the submarine!

FAQ

• Do students need to have Gmail™ accounts? NO! Anyone with internet access and a tablet, computer, or even phone can complete the breakout. The escape room is automated by a Google Form™, but does not require the teacher or students to have Google™ accounts.
• How long will this take? That is the hardest question as the answer varies depending on each classroom, student, or group. Some students with a firm grasp on the concepts covered in this escape room will be able to complete the challenge very quickly (20 minutes), others will take longer. The majority of students will take between 35-45 minutes. Requiring students to use the recording form will increase the amount of time required to complete the puzzles. The form will not save student data, so if you are worried about your students not finishing on time, simply have them write their answers on scratch paper. They can then come back and quickly re-enter their answers and pick up where they left off.
• Will students have to search the web to figure out the puzzles? NO! All of the information needed will be provided in the Google Form™. The math in this activity is all standards-based.

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