Description
The Solar System 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 Solar System, Sun, planets, asteroids, moons, comets and dwarf planets.
The Solar System 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.
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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Hannah A. –
Good resource to have and use during our solar system unit. A bit difficult for students though
Bumgarner L. –
My students loved this! It was really fun, will definitely keep in the rotation
Michelle S. –
The students loved this activity! They worked with partners and were highly motivated to solve the puzzles.
Carley K. –
Thank you for this product! It helped me in my classroom!
Annalisa R. –
The kids always enjoy an escape room! This fit in well with our study of the planets!
Nicole W. –
My kids loved the escape rooms. I use them as our wrap up for each unit or standard we are learning about. This was great to use with our science chapters about the Solar System.
Kyrstin Gabay –
My students were very engaged during this activity. I used this at the end of our Solar System unit.
Lauren Nelson –
My kids really enjoyed this activity and so did I!
heymrshenson –
Our school had a Solar System STEM night – I used this escape room to pump the kids up about coming back to school for fun! Students learned a lot all while being engaged!
ANGELA P. –
A great resource! Thank you for this supplement. It was very helpful for my planning.
Jennifer K. –
My students had fun doing this as a class reward. We set up the puzzles at different picnic tables, and the kids went from table to table with their team. The activity took just over an hour for fifteen 5th/6th graders to finish.
Heather D. –
I used this resource for our solar system day. The students loved figuring out the challenges. I will definitely use it again next year.
Carolyn M. –
Great resource for team building and center rotation skill review
Mandi D. –
Thank you for the activity!
Julie G. –
this was a great addition while we were studying space in reading and science
Wendy B. –
Wow! Great resource! All of the items I’ve purchased from Think Tank have been amazing! I have bought a ton of your items!! My students love it! Thank you very much!
Angellica K. –
Great extra activity for those students who need a challenge!
Amanda P. –
My students are always excited to do these escape rooms!
Christina S. –
My students loved this
Christina S. –
Students were so engaged and independent in their learning!