Order of Operations with Exponents Digital Escape Room 6th Grade Math Activity

Can your sixth graders use their knowledge of exponents and order of operations to assist in Operation Restore Order? In this easy to implement digital escape room, students evaluate expressions with exponents as they face challenging puzzles where their understanding of the order of operations will be put to the test. With only one page to print per group of students, prep is super simple. Students can scan a QR code (or use the link included in the PDF) to access a Google Form™ that automates the entire breakout process. This activity can be completed on computers, tablets, or even phones. While the escape room runs on a Google Form™, it does not require Google Classroom™ or Gmail™ addresses.

Escape rooms are a great way to review math concepts, encourage cooperative learning, and get students engaged. This activity can be done individually, however groups of 2-4 students are recommended. Allow 45-60 minutes to complete this activity. If you have shorter class periods, you may consider allowing the use of calculators to help students escape on time, or really encourage teamwork. The "Quick Start" guide has more suggestions about completing the task in one class session, and what to do if it carries over into two classes.

Skills required to complete the five puzzles (four math puzzles and one extra cipher decoding challenge)

• Find powers of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals (only one decimal problem is included)
• Use order of operations to evaluate expressions including positive exponents
• Place parentheses in the proper location to make equations true
• Solve variable expressions with exponents when given the value of the variable. Example: x³ - y² when x= 3 and y=4.
• Carefully follow the directions to solve substitution ciphers

What's included in the PDF?

• Quick Start Guide & Detailed Instructions
• QR code and link to access the digital escape room online
• Answer Key & Teacher Tips
• Detailed Solutions
• "Success Signs" to snap photos with
• Option for experienced Google Forms™ to save a copy of the form to their own drives to edit the form and view student results.

FAQ

• Do students need to have Gmail™ accounts? NO! Anyone with internet access and a tablet, computer, or even phone can complete the breakout. The escape room is automated by a Google Form™, but does not require the teacher or students to have Google™ accounts.
• How long will this take? That is the hardest question as the answer varies depending on each classroom, student, or group. Some students with a firm grasp on the concepts covered in this escape room will be able to complete the challenge very quickly (20-30 minutes), others will take longer. The majority of students will take between 45-60 minutes. Requiring students to use the recording form will increase the amount of time required to complete the puzzles. The form will not save student data if students are not logged in to Google accounts, so if you are worried about your students not finishing on time, simply have them write their answers on scratch paper. They can then come back and quickly re-enter their answers and pick up where they left off.
• Will students have to search the web to figure out the puzzles? NO! All of the information needed will be provided in the Google Form™. The math in this activity is all standards-based.

This order of operations with exponents online breakout is a fun worksheet alternative for teachers, virtual academies, homeschoolers, and math tutors. It also works great for a last minute math activity for a substitute teacher.

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