Description
The North America Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the continent of North America. Perfect activity for geography! The primary focus is on USA, Canada and Mexico.
Students will learn about North America’s: size, number of countries, location, landforms, landmarks, languages, religion, food and more. The North America 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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Amanda H. –
This was a great way to deepen the learning for my advanced kids.
Audra B. –
My students love escape rooms! They were excited about the challenge of this one. Great content!
Angelina E. –
Such a great resource! My students stayed engaged and focused. Loved that this worked with multiple grade levels and learners.
Tami R. –
Loved this for my students they enjoyed the hands on and figuring out the escape room
Judith T. –
Always a winner! 6th-8th grades loved it and were engaged.
Alison D. –
This was a great supplement to our social studies unit.
Rebecca R. –
What an awesome escape room! So much fun! The students were super engaged and collaborative!
Kate D. –
This was engaging and reenforcing for my students at a time when they were SO ready for summer. They were collaborating and learning the whole time. Thank you for such an excellent resource!
Mary H. –
My students love doing escape rooms!. Great way to review and have fun at the same time.
Investing in the Future –
I used this with third grade GT students. It was their first time doing a breakout like this and they were challenged! This activity helped make geography fun!
Growing with Griham –
Wonderful resource to use in my social studies class. Student friendly and engaging.
Joan M. –
Pupils were very engaged
katlyn J. –
This was a great activity that engaged most of my learners. My lower level ESL kids gave up kind of quickly but I think that was my fault for not assigning their groups. I liked how organized this was and it was very fun. Will use again
Capricia W. –
This was fantastic. I needed something where the students were getting out their seats. This was a challenge but not overly so and it was a fun competition. It may have been my school/printer but I did have issues trying to print the entire document however the more important parts printed easily. Overall a great resource to do with students who were especially squirrelly after testing.
Sarah May –
Nice resource. Easy to use and modify as needed.
Jordyn C. –
My 4/5 combo loved this escape room! The codes were the perfect challenge for them
Mary B. –
excellent
HarreX6 –
Thank you very much!
Dawn LewisRau –
Great resource! I like the leveled activities.