Escape Room
Escape room is a concept to make learning more interesting. It may not teach the syllabus content but it definitely is able to teach students the nature of the subject that they are studying!
Here are some ways it can be used:
- Useful for any subject, only if teachers can draw link from the escape room to the nature of their subject. (colloboration, thinking routine, questioning etc.)
- Useful for CLASS lessons or FT interaction as students can learn to work with each other
- Useful for online/ HBL lessons as it gives a student a refreshing pace of learning
- Students can access this using their mobile phones as well
- Useful even in f2f lessons, where students can all participate and share their answers with the teacher
- Can be edited to suit your discipline's needs. (adding in some basic questions or allowing them to use certain concepts to solve real world issues)
Here is an example of a puzzle that tests them on their knowledge of chemistry.
Head down to these links to get more inspiration
https://www.keslerscience.com/escape-room-puzzle-ideas-for-the-science-classroom/
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/science-escape-room-12152214
Here is an example of a puzzle that tests them on their knowledge of chemistry.
Head down to these links to get more inspiration
https://www.keslerscience.com/escape-room-puzzle-ideas-for-the-science-classroom/
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/science-escape-room-12152214
Player 1's view of a premade, 2players, online escape room.
more escape room options can be found here!
https://www.enchambered.com/puzzles/alone-together/
this can be done either as a pair work or solo work depending on how you want to do it.
Create your very own escape room using "Google Forms".
More detailed instructions can be found on these 2 sites.
https://teacheveryday.com/escape-room-in-the-classroom/
https://ditchthattextbook.com/30-digital-escape-rooms-plus-tips-and-tools-for-creating-your-own/
And finally, this is how an escape room can look like when played from google form. try it yourself!
If you have never went to an escape room before, here is a physical concept of it.
A little on the humourous side but it brings out what an escape room might look like for the person solving it!