[ISLMA-Share] 'escape room' library lesson
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Tue Oct 18 13:49:59 CDT 2016
I offered the chance to "Beat the Box" during Teen Read Week in my high
school library. Students coming to the Library Media Center during their
25-minute study hall periods organized themselves into teams to work on 1
of 4 Breakout EDU boxes I assembled using open-source shopping lists on
Amazon. I used Global Game 1
<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ByhbVQDq9EkUb01TNkg5Y2Jqd3c?usp=sharing>on
www.breakoutedu.com and asked students to solve 6 puzzles to open 6 locks.
The puzzles had an international flair, as they were solicited by Breakout
EDU community for Global Read Aloud Day:
- word search with 10 Pokemon characters. Instructions in Spanish.
Remaining letters spelled 4-digit number in Spanish
- 5 letter word collected from 5 questions answered using a map of
Canadian provinces, then translated from French to English
- telephone area code map of US used to find 3-digit number based on 6
city names all in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
- invisible ink on ransom note prompted students to find keys hidden
near clock in LMC
- 6 newspaper stories had to be put in chronological order, then
geographic order using a map of Australia. Cardinal directions from one
city to another opened a directional lock
My observations:
- teams of 4+ were able to open all locks in 25 minutes with some
liberal clues, especially for the directional lock, while teams of 2 did
not finish in time
- students really hoped for a prize in the box, and my promise of "I'll
take a picture of your team holding the We Beat the Box sign" was a poor
substitute for those who wanted candy, etc. I definitely miscalculated
there!
- no teams shared puzzle solutions with their friends. Every team was
100% fresh
We had a great time with this activity! I concur with other comments that
the set-up is very time consuming. I was pleased to use the puzzles created
by others, and still my set-up time was significant.
*~Monica Tolva*
*Library media specialist*
*Google Educator*
*Vernon Hills High School*
*847-932-2039 <847-932-2039>*
*monica.tolva at d128.org <monica.tolva at d128.org>*
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