Description
The Muscular System Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the Muscular System, smooth muscles, skeletal muscles, cardiac muscles and commonly used muscles. Great addition to your Human Body Systems unit.
This Escape Room will have your students reading passages and 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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Debi H. –
It was fun to get the students up and moving. This activity was engaging and really got them thinking. Loved it!
melissa S. –
Your resources are always engaging, accurate, and increases critical thinking. I love them all!
Lisa Fink –
You just made my day!
Esmeralda M. –
This scape Room was Awesome! All y students were working, engaging and all agreed with the fact that it was very challenging but very fun. They loved it! They learned, used their problem-solving skills and teamwork effort in a fun way. I most definitely recommend.
Sue W. –
This activity was great. My class really worked hard to find the answers. They worked together in small groups or as individuals. I let them choose, and groups and pairs formed pretty quickly. It was fun watching them pair up and divide the workload and then come back together so that everyone had the answers. They did need some hints on how to decipher some of the codes but most of them caught on pretty quickly. I highly recommend this resource.
Katherine M. –
obsessed with escape rooms and solving codes, so this was such a great activity to break up a long unit on the human body. We’d do a million more of these!
Teaching in Wyoming –
My students loved this! They had to really think through the puzzles and I love how it all comes together on the final page to ensure students are retaining the information.
The Tiger Teacher –
My students LOVE these escape rooms – they are applying what they already know while learning new information AND solving riddles!
stephanie K. –
Easy to set up. Worked well and students enjoyed it.
Carmichaelfa321 –
My students and I love this
Trevor B. –
My daughter is obsessed with escape rooms and solving codes, so this was such a great activity to break up a long unit on the human body. We’d do a million more of these!