Description
The Asia Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the continent of Asia. Perfect activity for geography! Students will learn about Asia’s: size, number of countries, location, landforms, landmarks, languages, religion, food and more.
The Asia 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
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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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Bethany R. –
Students who had extra time after completing a project completed this activity as an extension to our unit on Asia. They enjoyed the escape room.
Amanda R. –
My students loved this task! Would recommend for year 5 & 6 class.
Jacinta D. –
My students LOVED this resource! It was simple to set up and kept them all busy – even the higher ability students. Fantastic that they had to answer questions along the way and couldn’t skip ahead. A fun and engaging learning activity, thank you.
Charlena T. –
My students loved this escape room! They asked if we could do an escape room for every continent. It was truly open & go and I was glad to have it for our homeschool coop. The students learned a lot of facts and had fun, too!
Gladys S. –
This was such an engaging lesson for my 7th grade SS students. I will definitely use it every year.
Shannon G –
Kept students engaged and learning.
Kristal S. –
Anything to get up and moving…my student’s loved this. I just wish we had more time to work on these during hybrid while we have fewer students.
CBC Resources –
Great activity! My kiddos loved these escape rooms!
Archie’s Primary Academy –
Can’t wait to us this, thank you!