Description
The Moon Phases Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom, reading comprehension passages, and answering questions! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the phases of the moon, new moon, waxing crescent, gibbous, full moon, waning, etc.
The Moon Phases Escape Room is a great reading comprehension activity with a twist of fun that has students deciphering codes. The codes include ciphers, morse code, cryptograms, Polybius squares, and a final 4 digit code based on the decoders/clues. This is a NO PREP, print and go activity!
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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Dea K. –
This resource has been such a great addition to my classroom! It’s well-organized, engaging, and easy for students to follow. I’ve seen how much more confident and interested my students are when using it. It’s clear a lot of thought and care went into creating it—thank you for sharing something that truly works!
shelley F. –
Great resource. The students really enjoyed this activity.
Jennifer S. –
I love using escape rooms and so do my students. It was a great way to review what we had covered for our test.
Kelly Blanchard –
This was a wonderful way for students to use their reading skills and review th phases of the moon.
Sara J. –
I love Escape Rooms! This moon phases activity was a great refresher and reinforcement of concepts taught in previous grade levels.
Barbara B. –
I purchased several for US History last year and was so excited to see that there are also Science breakouts as well. My students love working on these.
Keren Rosberg –
My students really enjoyed this escape room. I loved it because they worked with partners- independent of me- and science concepts were reinforced and they had to work cooperatively.
STREAM-Lined Learning –
This escape room was amazing! It was very easy to set up. I did purchase a lockable toolbox from a local hardware store along with a 4-digit lock. This let my students actually unlock and open the box to find the prop (for this escape room I had a pair of solar eclipse goggles for them to try on and examine).
My students really loved the activities. They did overlook the reading aspect (we used it as a unit review before taking our unit assessment) in favor of decoding the puzzles, so I did create a Kahoot to encourage my students to go back and do the reading.
Ultimately, I really like how this resource was set up. I would love to see more elementary science escape rooms created.
Deborah D. –
kids loved it
Cynthia F G. –
A great way to enhance or reteach the unit! Very creative and easy to use.
JG Science Resources –
Absolutely loved this for review!
Joni H. –
Thanks