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⭐ This 2nd grade bar graph and picture graph math escape room gives students engaging practice with data questions, comparisons, and graphing skills in a fun garden gnome adventure! In this printable and digital activity, students practice reading bar graphs, reading picture graphs, interpreting data, comparing data, finding totals, and answering “how many more” and “how many fewer” questions. Custom videos help tell the story along the way, making this resource an engaging and immersive way to review important 2nd grade graphing and data skills.
“The gnomes’ house is in danger! Can you read the graphs, solve the data challenges, and use a little magic to help save their home?”
🌼 To save the gnomes’ house, students must complete four exciting graphing challenges! Students answer math questions to clear the lawn, fix the house, collect plants and animals, decorate the garden, and save the house. Each challenge includes a set of nine bar graph or picture graph problems that students must answer correctly to unlock the code and move forward. With each correct code, students collect a new garden item and get closer to saving the gnomes’ home!
This activity is aligned to CCSS 2.MD.D.10, but it can be used in any classroom to review the following standards-based math skills:
✅ Reading bar graphs
✅ Reading picture graphs
✅ Interpreting data from graphs
✅ Comparing data shown in graphs
✅ Answering “how many more” and “how many fewer” questions
✅ Finding totals using graph data
✅ Solving one-step graphing problems
✅ Solving multiple-choice math problems using critical thinking
⭐ This math escape room comes in the following digital and printable formats.
- Webscape® - This web-based format offers our most interactive and immersive experience. It is self-directed, self-correcting, and contains embedded videos and optional audio read aloud. CLICK HERE to try it for yourself! You won't believe how engaging this format is until you try it!
- Google - Students complete the exercises in Google Slides. The Atlantis Decoder Tool is a Google Sheet that self-corrects and tells each student when they can continue to the next challenge.
- Printable PDF - Students can scan QR codes on any device to watch the story videos. If no device is available, students can skip the videos and still enjoy the activity. Students use the printable Gnome Decoder and recording brochure to decipher clues, track their answers, and collect each garden item.
This garden gnome themed 2nd grade math escape room is a no-prep activity that keeps students engaged while reviewing bar graphs, picture graphs, and data interpretation. Say goodbye to boring worksheets and hello to an exciting garden graphing adventure!
⭐ Integrated videos, themed challenge cards, secret codes, and a fun garden gnome story come together to engage students while developing and reviewing 2nd grade graphing skills.
The Webscape and Google Slides versions are self-grading; however, they are intentionally designed to require critical thinking. Students are not told which answers are incorrect. This helps prevent guessing and encourages students to carefully check their work, think through the clues, and revise their responses before moving forward.
Please note: The Google Slides format includes embedded videos hosted via YouTube. The printable version includes QR codes for these videos. If you plan on using the Google or printable formats, please ensure you and your students have access to YouTube. The Webscape version does not require YouTube.
Key Features:
✏️ Digital & Printable Versions - Webscape, Google, and print versions make this resource perfect for any classroom. The digital version can be used dynamically in the classroom as a presentation while students complete each mathematical question in groups or individually.
✏️ Immersive Experience: Garden gnome-themed, dynamic challenges, and engaging videos provide positive reinforcement and keep students engaged and focused.
✏️Skill Focused: Each question set was written to focus on the key math skills of reading and interpreting bar and picture graphs.
✏️Scaffolded Challenges: Challenges increase in difficulty as students progress through the escape room.
includes an option to incorporate technology and videos via
✏️No Prep/ Low Prep: Digital version requires NO PREP. The printable version is low prep: Just print the pages, place them in folders, and go. The printable version includes an option to incorporate technology and videos via QR codes.
What's Included:
2nd Grade Bar & Picture Graphs Garden Gnome Escape Room
- Print and Digital Directions
- Letter from the Garden Gnomes
- Challenge #1: Read bar graphs to clear the lawn.
- Challenge #2: Read bar graphs to fix the house.
- Challenge #3: Read the picture graph to get flowers and animals.
- Challenge #4: Read the picture graph to decorate the lawn.
- Saved the Gnomes Certificate
- Ooops Cards
- Recording Brochure
- Answer Key
Digital Version Links
- Google Slides Link for Digital Escape Room
- Google Forms Link for Decoding Tool
- Webscape Link
Copyright & Terms of Use
For copyright information and a summary of how this resource can and cannot be used, please review the Terms of Use Page.
Other Related Products:
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▶ Bar & Picture Graphs - 2nd Grade Math Digital Mini Lesson - 2.MD.D.10
▶ Picture and Bar Graphs - 2nd Grade Math Task Cards - Print & Digital - 2.MD.C.10
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⭐ This 2nd grade bar graph and picture graph math escape room gives students engaging practice with data questions, comparisons, and graphing skills in a fun garden gnome adventure! In this printable and digital activity, students practice reading bar graphs, reading picture graphs, interpreting data, comparing data, finding totals, and answering “how many more” and “how many fewer” questions. Custom videos help tell the story along the way, making this resource an engaging and immersive way to review important 2nd grade graphing and data skills.
“The gnomes’ house is in danger! Can you read the graphs, solve the data challenges, and use a little magic to help save their home?”
🌼 To save the gnomes’ house, students must complete four exciting graphing challenges! Students answer math questions to clear the lawn, fix the house, collect plants and animals, decorate the garden, and save the house. Each challenge includes a set of nine bar graph or picture graph problems that students must answer correctly to unlock the code and move forward. With each correct code, students collect a new garden item and get closer to saving the gnomes’ home!
This activity is aligned to CCSS 2.MD.D.10, but it can be used in any classroom to review the following standards-based math skills:
✅ Reading bar graphs
✅ Reading picture graphs
✅ Interpreting data from graphs
✅ Comparing data shown in graphs
✅ Answering “how many more” and “how many fewer” questions
✅ Finding totals using graph data
✅ Solving one-step graphing problems
✅ Solving multiple-choice math problems using critical thinking
⭐ This math escape room comes in the following digital and printable formats.
- Webscape® - This web-based format offers our most interactive and immersive experience. It is self-directed, self-correcting, and contains embedded videos and optional audio read aloud. CLICK HERE to try it for yourself! You won't believe how engaging this format is until you try it!
- Google - Students complete the exercises in Google Slides. The Atlantis Decoder Tool is a Google Sheet that self-corrects and tells each student when they can continue to the next challenge.
- Printable PDF - Students can scan QR codes on any device to watch the story videos. If no device is available, students can skip the videos and still enjoy the activity. Students use the printable Gnome Decoder and recording brochure to decipher clues, track their answers, and collect each garden item.
This garden gnome themed 2nd grade math escape room is a no-prep activity that keeps students engaged while reviewing bar graphs, picture graphs, and data interpretation. Say goodbye to boring worksheets and hello to an exciting garden graphing adventure!
⭐ Integrated videos, themed challenge cards, secret codes, and a fun garden gnome story come together to engage students while developing and reviewing 2nd grade graphing skills.
The Webscape and Google Slides versions are self-grading; however, they are intentionally designed to require critical thinking. Students are not told which answers are incorrect. This helps prevent guessing and encourages students to carefully check their work, think through the clues, and revise their responses before moving forward.
Please note: The Google Slides format includes embedded videos hosted via YouTube. The printable version includes QR codes for these videos. If you plan on using the Google or printable formats, please ensure you and your students have access to YouTube. The Webscape version does not require YouTube.
Key Features:
✏️ Digital & Printable Versions - Webscape, Google, and print versions make this resource perfect for any classroom. The digital version can be used dynamically in the classroom as a presentation while students complete each mathematical question in groups or individually.
✏️ Immersive Experience: Garden gnome-themed, dynamic challenges, and engaging videos provide positive reinforcement and keep students engaged and focused.
✏️Skill Focused: Each question set was written to focus on the key math skills of reading and interpreting bar and picture graphs.
✏️Scaffolded Challenges: Challenges increase in difficulty as students progress through the escape room.
includes an option to incorporate technology and videos via
✏️No Prep/ Low Prep: Digital version requires NO PREP. The printable version is low prep: Just print the pages, place them in folders, and go. The printable version includes an option to incorporate technology and videos via QR codes.
What's Included:
2nd Grade Bar & Picture Graphs Garden Gnome Escape Room
- Print and Digital Directions
- Letter from the Garden Gnomes
- Challenge #1: Read bar graphs to clear the lawn.
- Challenge #2: Read bar graphs to fix the house.
- Challenge #3: Read the picture graph to get flowers and animals.
- Challenge #4: Read the picture graph to decorate the lawn.
- Saved the Gnomes Certificate
- Ooops Cards
- Recording Brochure
- Answer Key
Digital Version Links
- Google Slides Link for Digital Escape Room
- Google Forms Link for Decoding Tool
- Webscape Link
Copyright & Terms of Use
For copyright information and a summary of how this resource can and cannot be used, please review the Terms of Use Page.
Other Related Products:
▶ Picture & Bar Graphs Data Worksheets Activities 2nd Grade Graphing Games Centers
▶ Bar & Picture Graphs - 2nd Grade Math Digital Mini Lesson - 2.MD.D.10
▶ Picture and Bar Graphs - 2nd Grade Math Task Cards - Print & Digital - 2.MD.C.10
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