Description
The 5 Themes of Geography Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the five themes of geography: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region.
This Escape Room has students walking around the classroom breaking codes. The codes include ciphers, Morse code, cryptograms and a final 4 digit code based on the decoders/clues.
What’s Included?
- 4 Reading Passages
- 4 Puzzle Phrases to Decode
- 4 Decoders
- 4 Differentiated Decoders
- 10 Multiple Choice Questions
- Teacher Instructions
- Answer Key
- Hint Guides – How To Decode
- Completion Signs
Watch the video or click on the preview button to take a closer look at everything included!
Skills Used:
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Peer Collaboration
- Problem Solving
To prevent students from simply decoding the puzzles, ALL questions need to be answered correctly in order to solve the final code. This ensures understanding!
Benefits of Use:
- No Prep
- Print and Go
- Cross-Curricular
- Highly Engaging
- No Locks Needed
- No silly envelopes to stuff
- No fancy shapes to cut out
Give students a chance to decode puzzles, move around the room, and read passages, all while actively learning! Students will work in pairs (or individually) and race against the clock. A friendly competition always increases engagement. No prior knowledge is needed. Each code will reveal interesting facts about the topic.
Puzzle Types:
- Cryptogram
- Morse Code
- PigPen Cipher
- Polybius Square
Options for Use:
- Anticipatory Sets
- Unit Review
- Early Finishers
- Gallery Walk
- Stations
- Sub Plans
- Rewards
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Katie H. –
I own several of these escape rooms for different social studies concepts. Kids really love them, they provide the right level of challenge, and they’re very engaging. Thank you!
Heather M. –
This was a lot of fun for my students. The way my students went through this (fast to win), I think I should have used after they had some info on the 5 themes instead of a way to teach the 5 themes, but the info was great for teaching.
Jeff K. –
My students had a great time with this activity .
Haley W. –
My students love the escape rooms and had a lot of fun making geography more engaging.
Amber S. –
Think Tank does it again. Perfection. Seriously, you cannot go wrong with an escape room from this creator.
Brittany W. –
This was very engaging and a great support for geography for my students.
Mary Anne H. –
I loved this I used it for summer school and it was something fun and enghaging for the students!
shelley F. –
Awesome resource. My students loved this activity!
misslaurensclassroom –
This resource was a great addition to my classroom and was very easy to use!
KARA M. –
Awesome- just what I needed in my classroom. Was very helpful!
Christine S. –
My students seemed stumped by these puzzles even though we have done several. I spread them out through the year and they find them fascinating (and a little frustrating) every time we do them.
Miss.Rickett’sRockstars –
Great way to end my social studies unit. Students really enjoyed this activity
Jennifer R. –
This was a fun resource for my students- easy to use and engaging
Amanda C. –
Was very helpful with my students. They enjoyed doing this assignment.
Christina W. –
Great resource to use with students to review the 5 themes
Hillary F. –
This was a great option for students working on 5 themes of geography! It was a little more complex than I anticipated, but students really enjoyed it!
Rebecca B. –
My students really enjoyed this. Great resource! Thank you!
Little Blue School –
This resource was a fun way to wrap up my 5 themes unit!
Ye Eun B. –
LOVE the resource! It was my first year teaching social studies, so I needed help prepping lessons without spending all my time on it. This is super engaging and well-organized and even I learned more from the material. Highly recommend!
(I’ve taught 4 classes of 5th graders with this, but about half of them found it to be a bit too challenging for them.)
Christina D. –
Fun way for students to learn more about what geography is.