Description
The Space Race Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the Space Race, Cold War, Soviet Union, United States, Sputnik, NASA, Neil Armstrong, and John Glenn.
This 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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Corey K. –
A really fun early finisher piece when I did a small unit on the space race.
Mrs K saves the Day –
My students love these escape rooms! They are fun and engaging, while teaching the content.
Jessica T. –
My fifth grade students enjoyed this activity. It was meaningful for their learning and easy to prepare.
ashley Wilhite –
This was a great task to increase literacy and comprehension.
Chase S. –
My gifted students loved this! This was a perfect activity to use with our space race unit.
Julie H. –
The 5th grade students were highly engaged throughout the lesson, participating actively and collaborating well. Their work showed clear progress toward mastery of the targeted standards.
Kate P. –
My students loved working out the clues whilst finding out about Space exploration. It was quite difficult for my supported learners, but they were able to complete with support and extra clues.
Tara M. –
My younger middle schoolers (6th/7th grade) really enjoyed this and it kept them engaged and learning the entire class period.
Stephanie F. –
My students enjoyed this resource very much! I will use this again next year.
Mary Strickland –
Great resource! Highly engaging and useful in the classroom.
Gabriela A. –
This is a highly engaging activity which my students enjoyed
TheSocialStudiesQueen –
My students thoroughly enjoy your engaging activities. Thank you so much for making SS fun!
Adrianne D. –
Used this for a summer camp and students found it very engaging
Casey M. –
Used this to teach an eight grade lesson on the space race for an interview. It went very well and the information obtained was very helpful and my students really benefited.
Eliza W. –
My 5th graders had a blast doing this escape room!
Brittany G. –
My students had a blast. It was challenging for them at first. However, once they started to figure the codes out, they had a lot of fun. My students worked in teams of 3-4 people. All the teams competed against each other. The competition was fierce and they were very engaged. Most teams were able to finish by the end of class.
Hanna R. –
This product was great! I am so happy to use it in my classroom!
Renee B. –
Used with the class for a STEAM day experience. They loved it.
Krystal W. –
FANTASTIC resource. My students were engaged and the material was easy to build upon.
Jennifer L. –
That was perfectly challenging for my advanced classes!! Thank you!