Valentine's Day Escape Room

This resource is the perfect way to keep students engaged and learning during the busy month of February. An Escape Room featuring Valentine’s Day is a fantastic way to spend an afternoon. You might even consider using this event for your Valentine’s Day party!

NOTE: This Escape Room resource is available in a money-saving bundle!

• Escape Room Mega Bundle

What is an Escape Room?

• An Escape room is a puzzle game in which students solve riddles and puzzles and find clues to finish tasks. In this Escape Room, students solve puzzles to open locked boxes.
• This 'unlock the box' event will keep kids busy solving math problems, matching vocabulary, and completing a word search puzzle. They will have such fun and practice skills at the same time!

What are the tasks?

• For all 3 tasks, students will use a Puzzle Wheel. Students will turn the sections of the wheel to align notches. This reveals numbers that will determine the lock code for each box. Students choose the correct number by using a clue card for each box.
• For the Box 1 task, students will have a Valentine Match-Up sheet and a Clue sheet. The Match-up page is provided in color and in black/white.
• For the Box 2 task, students will find the path through a math maze by solving problems and following the answer to the next problem. Along the path they will collect letters that will spell a word. If the word is correct, the team will be able to try a puzzle wheel to determine the lock code for the second box. The math maze page is provided in two sizes for you.
• For the Box 3 task, students will complete a word search puzzle that uses Valentine’s Day words. The unused letters on the word search must be unscrambled to spell the clue word. Finding the correct word will send them to the puzzle wheel. This word search is provided in an easy version and a more challenging version.

So, what do you need?

• You will need three number locks for this Escape Room.
• Directions are included to use this set without these locks!
• You will also need three boxes. This can be a plastic or metal toolbox, but any box will work - even a cardboard box!
• Directions and photos are included for how to set up the boxes and locks or how to use a version without locks.
• You do not need 3 boxes and 3 locks per group! It’s three boxes and three locks for the entire class.

Included in the Escape Room file of this resource, you will find:

• Table of contents
• 3 pages of tips and tricks for setting up everything
• For Box 1- 2 pages of teacher directions, Match-Up sheet in color and black/white, answer key, and the box labels.
• For Box 2- 2 pages of teacher directions, the maze in two sizes, answer key, and box labels.
• For Box 3 – 2 pages of teacher directions, word search puzzle in two layouts and an easy or hard version, answer key, and box labels.

In addition: hint cards for each task, an alternative locking system (made of paper), STEM Challenge information section, certificates to award students completing the task, black and white versions of all labels and certificates, and an organizing check-off sheet for you.

What is your prep?

• Making the puzzle wheels which will take about 15 minutes.
• The prep for the tasks completed by students only involves making copies.
• Setting up the boxes with labels will take about 15 minutes.

File 2 contains the STEM Challenge! The challenge is to build a Valentine's Day candy box that will hold a specific amount of candy. (Allow 45 minutes for the activity).

The STEM Challenge file specifically contains:

• Cover
• Teacher background
• Materials and preparation page
• 5 pages of teacher directions
• Constraints list in 2 versions
• 4 pages of photographs
• 2 versions of a lab sheet
• Scoring rubric
• BONUS Christmas Version
• An idea page and generic forms for using this challenge at any time of year are included.
• All forms are provided in an editable format.

Check the preview to see everything!

One more thing to note: The Escape Room event can be completed in 30-45 minutes. The addition of the STEM Challenge will add an extra class session of at least 45 minutes.

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You might also enjoy these Valentine's Day Resources:

• Valentine's Day Puzzle Pack Grades 3-5
• Escape the Candy Factory (no locks)
• STEM Challenge Bow and Arrow
• STEM Challenge Candy Box
• STEM Challenge Zip Line
• Valentine's Day STEM Challenges Bundle
• Valentine's Day Print and Read
• Valentine's Day Printable and Digital Reading
• Valentine Math Print and Solve Gr. 3
• Valentine Math Print and Solve Gr. 4
• Valentine Math Print and Solve Gr. 5
• Valentine's Day Boom Cards

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For more Escape Room resources click below:

• Land Forms
• Sharks
• Skeletons
• Space Shuttles
• Spiders
• Volcanoes
• Weather
• Winter Sports
• Back to School
• Halloween
• Sports
• Christmas
• Animal Adaptations
• Escape Room Mega Bundle

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