Today students participated in their first Breakout activity. Their goal was to find what was inside a box. The box had 4 combination locks on the outside and 2 locks on the inside. First students were told they had to figure out the first 4 locks before reading the clues to the final 2 locks. We also talked about social goals (taking initiative, kind words, appreciating ideas, self regulation). In Google Classroom I posted the link to a website I created using the program Twine. This interactive website contained all of the lock clues. To find the combination for a particular lock, students had to solve puzzles. The puzzles consisted of number patterns, visual patterns as well as a literacy puzzle. When all of the outer locks were successfully opened, we opened the box. Inside the box was another box with a lock that required a key. Inside the box there was also a Sphero. Students needed to solve puzzles in order to find a 3 digit lock combination. If they successfully entered the 3 digits using Sphero (Sphero was programmed as a combination lock), Sphero would tell them where the last key was hidden. After entering a correct 3 digit combination, Sphero told our class the "key is hidden in the library 510." Students quickly figured out that they key was located in the school library on shelf 510. |