Cracking the Classroom Code® STEM Escape Room Snowman Catapult Lower Elementary

This game is perfect for the lower elementary grades 1st-2nd. There is also an upper elementary version you can find{HERE}. This lower elementary version has a lower reading level, and some clues have been changed to be easier.

Will your class escape in time? Try this escape room style game with your students today! This is a fun game that is perfect for the winter months. The focus on this game is facts and opinions as students learn about snow. Then, the STEM challenge has students building a catapult to help the snowmen get from the beach, back home to the snowy mountains.

This game is unique from my other escape rooms, because it focuses on STEM. Students will be learning about snow, as well as designing and engineering a catapult.

Suggested materials teachers should have on hand for the STEM project:

•Craft sticks

•Rubber bands

•Plastic spoons

•Pop bottle caps

•Milk carton caps

•Pencils

•Toilet paper tubes

•tape

•Small marshmallows

•Large marshmallows

This is an interactive game where the students are timed. Students are trying to construct a catapult to help the snowmen return to the mountains from their beach vacation. Students will have to solve a string of questions and clues, as well as decode different ciphers to escape. If your class has never played an escape game before, I suggest playing this as a whole class. For lower elementary, I highly suggest that this game be played as a whole class.

**Versions with and without QR codes included!

You can decide how much time your students have to complete this task. I suggest 60 minutes, but it is up to your discretion. You can project a timer for your class, or put one somewhere for all the students to see, so they can keep track of how much time they have left to complete their task.

This is similar to a scavenger hunt where students will be moving around the room, looking for clues to unlock their envelopes (I have included riddles and suggestions on where to hide each clue). A paper is provided so students can write their work down. For many of the questions, students must have an answer that matches one on an envelope. If the answers do not match, they can’t open or “unlock” the envelope, and must rework the question.

*Everything is included, however teachers must provide their own envelopes and STEM materials.

I give step by step instructions on how to set up the game, including pictures! This is sure to capture the attention of your students.

**This escape room differs from my other escape room games, because the game is shorter to provide students time to complete their STEM challenge. However, setting the game up is similar to all my other Cracking the Classroom Code™ escape room games.

Check out these other Cracking the Classroom Code® games here:

1st GRADE Seasonal Math Cracking the Classroom Code® games:

Save by buying the bundle!

Cracking the Classroom Code® Math Seasonal Bundle

This Bundle Includes:

Cracking the Classroom Code® Escaping Zombies

Cracking the Classroom Code® Saving the Turkeys

Cracking the Classroom Code® Escaping Santa's Workshop

Cracking the Classroom Code® Melting Snowmen

Cracking the Classroom Code® Escaping the Love Bugs

Cracking the Classroom Code® Finding the Gold

Cracking the Classroom Code® Escaping the Storm

2ND GRADE Save by buying the bundle!

Cracking the Classroom Code® Math Bundle

This bundle includes:

Cracking the Classroom Code® Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Cracking the Classroom Code® Operations in Base Ten

Cracking the Classroom Code® Measurement and Data

Cracking the Classroom Code® Time and Money

Cracking the Classroom Code® Geometry

Cracking the Classroom Code® 2nd Grade Math Review

2ND GRADE Seasonal Math Cracking the Classroom Code® games:

Save by buying the bundle!

Cracking the Classroom Code® Math Seasonal Bundle

This Bundle Includes:

Cracking the Classroom Code® Escaping Zombies

Cracking the Classroom Code® Saving the Turkeys

Cracking the Classroom Code® Escaping Santa's Workshop

Cracking the Classroom Code® Melting Snowmen

Cracking the Classroom Code® Escaping the Love Bugs

Cracking the Classroom Code® Finding the Gold

Cracking the Classroom Code® Escaping the Storm

ELA Seasonal Cracking the Classroom Code® games:

Save by buying the bundle:

Cracking the Classroom Code® Seasonal ELA Bundle

This Bundle Includes:

Cracking the Classroom Code® Christmas Around the World

Cracking the Classroom Code® Holidays Around the World

Cracking the Classroom Code® Winter Sports

Phonics Cracking the Classroom Code® games:

Cracking the Classroom Code® CVC Words

Cracking the Classroom Code® CVCE Words

Cracking the Classroom Code® L Blends

Cracking the Classroom Code® Digraph Review

Cracking the Classroom Code®The Alphabet

STEM Cracking the Classroom Code® games:

Cracking the Classroom Code® STEM All About Sound

Cracking the Classroom Code® STEM Halloween

Cracking the Classroom Code® STEM Thanksgiving

Cracking the Classroom Code® STEM Christmas

Cracking the Classroom Code® STEM Winter

Cracking the Classroom Code® STEM Valentine's Day

Other fun and engaging Cracking the Classroom Code® games:

Cracking the Classroom Code® The 100th Day of School

Cracking the Classroom Code® Paragraph Writing

Cracking the Classroom Code® Back to School

Cracking the Classroom Code® End of the Year Memory Book

Cracking the Classroom Code® End of the Year Awards

Cracking the Classroom Code® Main Ideas and Details