Escape Room

Term: 1-4

Program Type: Remote Learning Program (Design Challenge); Statewide Program

Duration: Approx. 10 hours

Year Level: 7-12

The objective of this program is to engage students in the design and construction of a themed escape room experience. Students will work collaboratively, in teams of 2-4, to create themed puzzles. Each team will build a different puzzle, complete with clues and decorations related to a specific historical time period. Students will have a choice of five themes/historical periods  – Stone Age, Bronze Age, Ancient Rome, Early Modern, and Late Modern. ​

The puzzles will need to meet specific requirements and align with the escape room narrative (each of the puzzles will house a clue that will hold a part of the answer to override MOTHER, an AI threatening to take over the world). At the end, all puzzles will connect into a larger whole. Players will need to successfully complete each puzzle to reveal the password to override MOTHER and save the world. ​

Students will collaborate to exhibit their puzzles as part of an immersive escape room experience. Students, teachers and parents should be encouraged to take part in the escape room experience.