Digital Math Escape Rooms

Whether your students are working independently in your classroom, in groups or distance learning from home, I wanted to make some super-engaging digital math activities to get students excited about practicing their math while saving paper. These new digital math escape rooms have been built in Google Forms with no outside links. The directions are simple -- enter a 4-letter code to advance to the next puzzle -- so students can focus all of their energy on their math.

Because of the sudden, widespread need for digital math activities, I updated many of my printable math materials to also include digital versions. (You can see those here.) I have also been creating different types of digital-only math activities to work in Google Slides and Google Forms. One of the newest activity types I've been making in Google Forms are these digital math escape rooms.

These digital math escape rooms can be sent to students working online or as a paperless option for students working in your classroom. Students can work together or individually.

I have been getting some great feedback on these new digital math escape rooms: 

"I've greatly enjoyed using escape room activities with students in the past and struggled with how to implement those types of activities virtually. This activity did a great job of merging the concepts and skills of parallel & perpendicular lines with the fun and intrigue of an escape room! " - Elizabeth J.

"I've been using escape rooms from other authors. I love them but there has been some problems with the digital ones. My students were unable to access the website to see if they had the correct code. They don't have to do that with this one. It's all right there in google forms. This has been a lifesaver. I am looking forward in purchasing more of these escape rooms." -Kathleen S.

"I like to spice up my teaching by offering my students a variety of math activities. Students are challenged with solving the math problems and they stay engaged. I time them to see who can unlock the locks first. Exciting!" - Leinani K. 

"This is being used as we speak as a remote review lesson. The form pages were colorful, interesting and well put together. I love that I can edit as well, always a plus. Easy to use and such a time saver." - Mamma Bear Math

This feedback made me happy to read because it was exactly what I had hoped these digital math escape rooms would be-- engaging, easy to access for all and timesavers for teachers!

Line plots digital math escape room

How do these digital math escape rooms work?

Each digital math escape room has been built in Google Forms with no outside links. Everything is housed within the Google Form. This way you never have to worry that a link will be blocked or broken. 

Each escape room consists of 5 puzzles. In each puzzle there are 4 questions to answer. Once students answer the 4 questions, they find their answers in the answer choices grid. This will generate a 4-letter code. Entering that code into the answer box on the Form will unlock the lock. There are 5 locks to unlock in each escape room activity.

You can see all of the digital math escape rooms I have made so far here:

DIGITAL MATH ESCAPE ROOMS

Important note: You can still assign these digital escape rooms if you are not in a Google school. If your students do not have Google logins, but you do have access to your own Google Drive, you can still assign these digital math escape rooms to students. Students do not need to log into Google or even have Google accounts. As long as you can house the escape room on your own Google Drive, you can send it to students no matter which learning platform your school uses. Directions for sending the escape room to students are within the escape room PDF file (the link to the digital escape room is also embedded within the PDF).

Finding slope digital math escape room

Browse some digital math escape rooms:

I've made over 50 digital math escape rooms so far with more to come! Below are links to some of them. You can browse the entire list here.

Adding and Subtracting Integers Digital Math Escape Room

Quadratic Word Problems Digital Math Escape Room

 

Slope Digital Math Escape Room

GCF and LCM Digital Math Escape Room

Quadratic Word Problems Digital Math Escape Room

Domain and Range Digital Math Escape Room

Graphing Linear Equations Digital Math Escape Room

Coordinate Plane Digital Math Escape Room

Solving 2-Step Equations Digital Math Escape Room

Pythagorean Theorem Digital Math Escape Room 

>Browse all digital math escape rooms here.

Digital math escape room bundle

If you are a middle school math teacher, this digital math escape room bundle includes digital math escape rooms for integers, like terms, fractions, decimals, percents, the coordinate plane, expressions, exponents, GCF & LCM, mean, median, mode, range, probability, ratios, 1-step equations, 1-step inequalities, 2-step equations, 2-step inequalities, slope and unit rates.

Sending the escape rooms:

This is super simple. Inside each escape room PDF will be two things: the link to make a copy of the escape room for your Google Drive and directions for sending the escape room to students:

1) Once the escape room is in your Google Drive, open it and click the purple "send" in the upper right corner. A popup window will appear.

2) In the popup, click the link icon, copy this link and share the link with students. This is the only link students will need to complete the activity.

My goal for these escape rooms was to make them super simple for teachers to use and super fun for students. I hope your students enjoy them!

> Browse all digital math escape rooms.