I wanted to share another breakout EDU box that I put together last year. I used the old Nintendo/Capcom art that is burned into 80% of the synapses of my brain, and mixed in some Algebra 1 concepts. I used this one as a semester 2 review box last year, and it can be used as an assessment for function notation, factoring, systems of inequalities, and some equation solving review too. To run this one, you’re going to need both boxes, the hasp, and five locks (padlock, 3-digit number, 4 digit number, 5 digit color, 5 digit alpha).
To run this box, the locks should be set to go with the following clues:
Padlock (key hidden). For this one, kids will find that “Call” and “3103” are true statements given the functions on the clue. This number dials the front desk at our school, and I worked it out with our administrative assistant to tell each group where their key was hidden. This clue will take a little work to modify for your setting, but making new retro speech bubbles is really easy with THIS website.
4 digit number lock (Set to 7855)
3 digit number lock (set to 837)
5 digit alpha (Set to GTOSH)
Each equation (when solved) will send students to a new “top tube” and they collect the letters in “GHOST” in a modified order.
5 digit color (Set to Blue Green Orange Red Yellow)
Each equation (when solved) will give students a wavelength for a different color of light. The QR code sends students to the Wikipedia article for visible light.
SETUP (From the inside out)
- I put some candy in the small Breakout EDU box and locked it with the hasp, the 3 digit, the four digit, the color lock, and the alpha lock.
- I put the small locked box into the big box with the lava clue, the ghost clue, and the inequalities clue.
- I locked the big box with the padlock and started students with the street fighter clue (again, I hid the key and got help from our front desk with this one). I also gave them the underwater clue so they could get started on it (it takes the longest to solve).
If you have any ideas for other clues that would fit with this content and this theme, hit me up on twitter. I’m always looking for more ideas. Otherwise, below is a ppt and pdf of the clues explained above. Enjoy!
PDF: Arcade Slides
PPT: Arcade Slides
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