Back to School Picture Puzzles Digital Math Escape Room
Back to School Picture Puzzles Digital Math Escape Room
An engaging back to school math escape room for solving mystery picture equations, perfect for the first day of school. Students use their logic and algebraic thinking to unlock 5 locks by finding the values of school-themed pictures in equations.
Questions are grouped 4 per puzzle, resulting in five 4-letter codes that will unlock all 5 locks. All answers are positive whole numbers.
The entire activity is housed in one GOOGLE Form. There are no links to outside websites. The 4-letter codes are set with answer validation so that students cannot move to the next puzzle until they enter the correct code. Includes answer key and a printable graphic organizer to help students keep track of the pictures' values as they find them.
To add the digital escape room to your Google Drive: please open the PDF and click the button on page 3.
A printable PDF version is also included in the file. Students can work in groups, each group starting at a different puzzle. Once done, students check the NEXT STEP box for which puzzle to visit next.
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My students love these escape rooms! I use them for candy prizes all the time!
So much better than your basic ice breakers. It got the kids up and moving (we did not have laptops yet, so I printed and hung around the classroom).
Great way to introduce escape room activities to students during the first week of school.
Challenging, hands-on, and kept students focused and excited to solve problems.
Students enjoy the escape room activities. With the puzzles, it really got my students thinking mathematically on the first day but in a fun way. I printed the cards and had them complete in groups. Good icebreaker activity too.