Description
The Stone Age Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the Stone Age, tools, nomads, 3 periods.
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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Calm and Collected –
My class always enjoys activities like these! They were very engaged!
Kelly Blanchard –
I love these escape rooms. I used tis one to intoduce my students to the Stone Age.
Tiny Teacher Thoughts –
My students always LOVE the escape rooms from this shop. I have purchased many escape rooms from this shop and they always exceed my expectations. The information is simplified in a way that allows students to understand and actually demonstrate their knowledge (and learn new things in the process!) I will continue to keep coming back to this shop because the products are high quality. HIGHLY recommend!
Middle School Magic by Mrs. Bishop –
I love the escapes from this seller and my students always cheer when I give them this type of assignment!! 🙂
Jamie P. –
This was our first escape room and the students loved it. It was easy to prepare and implement.
Kira N. –
My students loved this resource. It was a wonderful review activity at the end of our unit.
Elizabeth Garcia –
students enjoyed this very much thank you so much for this
shelley F. –
Great resource for this unit! I used this for my sixth-grade students, and they enjoyed it!
Lisa C. –
Thank you