Escape the Maze No Locks Breakout Easy Prep and Engaging

Escape Rooms for elementary students are amazing. This one especially is ‘a-MAZE’ing because it features mazes. What is different about the paper/pencil escape room? It is simple! Students complete tasks to earn a method of ‘escaping’. The prep for the events with NO LOCKS is minimal- just making copies. No locks or boxes!

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➡️Click here for the No-Locks Escape Room Bundle

What is the escape?

This event is called Escape the Maze.

• Students will have a Maze paper with four locks to ‘open’.
• They will complete 4 tasks. Each task will lead to a clue word.
• When the clue word is shown to you, students will be given a single math problem.
• The correct answer to the math problem lets the team pass through one of the ‘locks’ on the maze.
• After getting through the last lock the team has escaped the maze.

Tasks that must be completed are:

• For the first task, students find a path through a maze and collect letters on the correct path. The letters spell the clue word. The math problem to complete is either subtraction or multiplication.
• For the second task, students find the pattern to make their way through a pattern maze. They collect letters on the correct path to spell the clue word. The math problem has them determining elapsed time.
• For the third task, students determine the secret code and then decipher a message. The message is the clue word and the math problem is also about elapsed time.
• For the fourth task, students complete a word search puzzle that uses synonyms for the word ‘amaze’. The leftover letters of the puzzle spell the clue phrase and the math problem is either simple division or multiplication with subtraction.

Included in this resource, you will find:

• Table of contents
• Overview and Tips page
• Check-off sheet for planning and prep
• Scenario and Rules of the Escape Room (for students)
• Escape the Maze paper with answer keys
• Task 1- teacher’s guide, Letter Maze, math problems in 2 ability levels, answer key
• Task 2- teacher’s guide, Pattern Maze, math problems in 2 ability levels, answer key
• Task 3- teacher’s guide, Secret Code Message, math problems in 2 ability levels, answer key
• Task 4- teacher’s guide, Synonym Word Search, math problems in 2 ability levels, answer key
• Escape Hints for Students
• Bonus Maze for early finishers
• Award certificates - in color and black/white
• Extra page of tips
• Terms of Use

NOTE: The Escape Room event can be completed in 30-45 minutes.

NOTE: YOUR PREP for the Escape Room includes:

• Copying the Escape the Maze paper, Letter Maze, Pattern Maze, Secret Code Message, and Synonym Word Search.
• Copying the math page for each task and cutting apart the problems.
• Copying the hints and certificates is optional.

NOTE: This Escape Room does not use real locks. If you prefer that style you can use the math problem answer for each task as the lock code on your locks.

NOTE: This Escape Room does not include a STEM Challenge. It can be purchased in a bundle with a challenge:

• Escape the Maze and the Paper Plate Maze Challenge

You might like these Stem Challenge Mazes:

• Paper Plate Maze
• Marble Maze
• Straw Maze
• Halloween Maze

You might like these No-Lock Escape Rooms:

• Escape the North Pole
• Escape the Library
• Escape the Blizzard
• Escape the Principal's Office
• Escape the Candy Factory
• Escape the Rainbow
• Escape the Game
• Escape and Help the Environment
• Escape the School
• Escape the Water Park

Or save money and grab a bundle with all of them!

• No Locks Escape Room Bundle

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