Word and Logic Puzzles Escape Room Activity With Digital Lock Option

In this engaging escape room activity, teams work together to solve the word puzzles and logic puzzles using critical thinking skills to discover codes to open the lock. Students love the fun of an escape room game, and you will love that this low-prep activity gets them thinking as they solve the puzzles and clues!

⭐️ How does the escape room work? (Click the PREVIEW link above and watch the VIDEO for a closer look at this activity!)

In this escape room activity, students will solve 4 different puzzles, with each completed puzzle bringing them closer to discovering the final code. After correctly completing each puzzle, students will receive a key that contains a clue. They will solve a total of four puzzles: rhyming puzzle (hink pinks and hinky pinkies), a pictogram, a cryptogram, and a logic puzzle. When students have completed all 4 puzzles, they will have 4 keys with the clues they need to determine the final code. Get a mini bundle of 2 word puzzles escape room games and save!

⭐️ Two versions of the game are included in this resource:

• Paper-only version: You can use an actual lock with a number combination to give it more of an escape room feel, but it is not required. After each correctly completed puzzle, teams submit their solutions to the Key Master (teacher) to receive a key with a code word on it. After collecting all four keys, teams unscramble the words for a final instruction/clue to crack the combination.

• Paper-Digital Lock hybrid version: Students have printable puzzles to solve, but there are no keys to collect from the teacher, and no physical lock boxes are used. After completing the paper puzzles, students enter the digital escape room (using Google Sites and Google Forms - so check that your students can access before assigning this hybrid version) and use the codes they have figured out based on the puzzles and other clues hidden within. Each puzzle represents one lock that they must open. If they get the answer right, a key with a code word will appear on the screen. They take note of the key word and continue in the same way with the next three puzzles/locks. The fifth and final lock uses the secret code found from the clue words on the keys.

Simple and Low Prep Set Up: This activity does not involve a lot of pieces or complicated setup, so this is a perfect option if you want a fun escape activity that is relatively low prep. The digital version requires even less paper and teacher preparation/direction. The digital portion itself is also relatively straightforward. There are not a lot of complicated activities, and students will not need to go back and forth between pages and tabs. In fact, the digital portion can be completed using a smart phone (a great option if your school blocks outside links).

If you have been wanting to try a digital escape room but have hesitated because they seem overwhelming, this may be a good place to start.

This resource contains the following:

1. Teacher instructions and notes

2. Student instructions and key/code recording sheet (standard and easier version)

3. Series of 4 puzzles/challenges for students to complete:

• Riddle Puzzles: (hink pinks and hinky pinkies). Teams work to find two-word rhyming answers to the clues. (3 versions are available to adjust the level of difficulty/time required)

• Pictogram: Teams find the hidden message by solving the pictogram puzzles. From the given pictures, letters are added, subtracted, or replaced to reveal words from the message. (2 levels of difficulty included)

• Cryptogram puzzle: Teams work to decipher the message that will also help them figure out the final code. (3 levels of difficulty included)

• Logic Puzzle: Teams work together to figure out the solution to the puzzle about guests escaping a haunted castle. (2 levels of difficulty included)

4. Color-coded keys to distribute to teams after each correct puzzle (only needed when using the paper-only version).

5. Optional hint cards: Distribute cards for students to exchange for a hint if they get stuck.

6. Answer keys

⭐️ Benefits of Escape Rooms:

Students love them, so they make excellent back to school icebreaker activities or can be used for those times you want to give them a fun break. They are perfect for holiday parties, days leading up to or following a school break, a stress-relieving activity after state testing days, or any time your students just need a break from the routine.

But the best part is the multiple social and educational benefits: team building and bonding, builds critical thinking skills, encourages creative thinking, improves attention to detail, and develops analytical and problem-solving skills.

Although it is not directly related to Halloween, the theme of escape rooms would be perfect to use around Halloween also. It also works well for upper-level ESL students to get them talking and they will probably even learn new vocabulary in the process. ❤️ Love using escape room activities in your classroom? Check out the whole collection of escape room games!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ What teachers are saying about this escape room activity:

• "My students absolutely loved this escape room - appropriately challenging and exactly what I was looking for - thank you!"

• "This is an AWESOME resource! My 6th grade students absolutely loved doing this escape room. They were engaged the entire time and truly enjoyed themselves. I will definitely be buying more! Thank you SO much!"

• "A few of my students were hesitant to partake in the activity but once they got going they were super engaged and loved it! They asked to do it everyday!! I will definitely be using escape rooms with them more!"

• "My students LOVED this. I needed an activity to fill a weird gap after exams and this really did the trick. My students were so engaged. They're all English language learners, so I was super grateful that there were easy, medium, hard options for most of the activities. They had fun, learned some new vocabulary, worked together, and really had to use their brains. Excellent!"

⭐️ If you enjoyed the puzzles used in this resource, also try Halloween Word Puzzles or Christmas Word Puzzles or grab the Cryptogram Bundle

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