The Escape Room

Today in our school system, we had an annual Innovation Day!
From K-12, all of the children choose activities that they would like to do from a list of offered.  These courses mix a little education, a little culture, a little innovation, with a LOT of interest.  Most of the time the children don't get to participate in all top pick activities but they usually get one or two of their favorites.

Carlee got to do-  Yoga, Move and Motion, and Music.  
Other than her schedule being different, I think she had a great time.  

Another teacher took this picture for me.  
Look at those fancy shoes she got to wear for a special half-day (not everyday shoes for sure).  

Connor got to-  play the Ukelele, "Hands On" Social Studies, and Crossfit.  

He is the little blond with the black shirt.

He wasn't looking forward to two choices because he didn't pick them (just Crossfit) but he ended up loving the social studies activity the most.   That is the one he dreaded and the one he thought was the most interesting.  That is what Innovation Day is all about.  

This year, I was really honored to join Mrs. S. in creating the Escape Room(s).  I understand that even my friends at the primary school made an Escape Room.  
This is quite the popular activity these days.  Connor really wanted to do it but I told him that his time will come.  (I've actually thought of doing a little academic Escape Room idea with a few of my teachers, wouldn't that be awesome?) 

Mrs. S. did an amazing job of taking the lead- color coding, supplying, and making everything so neat and organized!  

For Today's Challenge- 

the children had 30-35 minutes to crack 5 codes before "Escaping the Room" and winning a Tootsie Pop!  

I found this great music on youtube and it really set the mood.  

Our activities included:
-Scytale Message  (align the letters, then use the special light to discover the pink letters to unlock the number code)

-UV Puzzle message (work a 65 piece US Puzzle then shine the UV light to discover the message/ special letters crack the code)

-QR Problem Solving (use an iPad solve the series of math problems that will lead you to the next challenge)

- Figurative Language (highlight the 'figurative language', then answer the below questions to decode the next 5 numbers....)

-Calculator Riddles- (ie. What can you find at the beach?  577345)

Once the children understood (with a bit of support) most were able to ESCAPE the room!  

I thought everyone rocked it.
Enjoy our Escape Room moments....