Escape room - Girlguiding · 2018-07-17 · escape rooms at the second. Before you start Try an...
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What you’ll need • Lockable bags and containers like briefcases, suitcases or coin boxes • Various locks (padlocks, luggage or bike locks or What you’ll get out of it • Make decisions. • Solve problems. • Plan a sequence of events. • Work as a team. Innovate Skills builder Escape room 60+ mins Stage 6 © Girlguiding 2018 Registered charity number 306016. laptop lock cables) • Maps, atlases and books that can be cut up; photocopies might be best • Photos • Jigsaws • Costumes • Props to set the scene, like old books or a lamp • Pens • Pencils • Paper • An analogue clock • A key Look under here Other useful items are: • Crossword puzzles • Sudoku puzzles • A copy of the morse code alphabet • A copy of the braille alphabet • A copy of the binary alphabet Aim of activity Can you create the ultimate escape room? Think carefully and plan as a team to make sure your escape room is no easy feat!
Transcript of Escape room - Girlguiding · 2018-07-17 · escape rooms at the second. Before you start Try an...
What you’ll need •Lockablebagsandcontainers
likebriefcases,suitcasesorcoinboxes
•Variouslocks(padlocks,luggageorbikelocksor
What you’ll get out of it •Makedecisions.•Solveproblems.•Planasequence
ofevents.•Workasateam.
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©Girlguiding2018Registeredcharitynumber306016.
laptoplockcables)•Maps,atlasesandbooks
thatcanbecutup;photocopiesmightbebest
•Photos•Jigsaws•Costumes•Propstosetthescene,like
oldbooksoralamp•Pens•Pencils•Paper•Ananalogueclock•Akey
Look under here
Other useful items are:•Crosswordpuzzles•Sudokupuzzles•Acopyofthemorse
codealphabet•Acopyofthebraille
alphabet•Acopyofthebinary
alphabet
Aim of activity Canyoucreatetheultimateescaperoom?Thinkcarefullyandplanasateamtomakesureyourescaperoomisnoeasyfeat!
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Note to leader Ifyoudon’thavesomeitems,improviseoraskgirlstobringthem.Youcansplittheactivityovertwomeetings,withgirlsplanninginthefirstandrunningtheirescaperoomsatthesecond.
Before you startTryanonlineorrealescaperoomifyoucan.Talkabouthowitworkedandthepuzzlesyouencountered.Ifyoucan’t,makesureeveryoneknowswhatanescaperoomis.
What to doTrythisquickquiztogetinapuzzle-planningmood!
You’relockedin!Solvetwocluestogetthekeytoescape.Firstclue:WhenItakefiveandaddsix,Iget11,butwhenItakesixandaddseven,Igetone.WhatamI?
Insmallgroups,createyourescaperoom.Chooseasettingandstory.For
example,‘you’restuckinthefutureandneedtofindthecodetoopenyourtimemachine’.Thinkaboutthepropsandspaceyouhave.
Createatitleandintroduction,suchas:Escape tent: yourleader’saterrible
campcook!Tonight,she’scookingchilliwithheryuckyingredientX.Theothercampershavetrappedyouinthestoretent.You’llonlybeallowedoutifyoucanfindingredientX!
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Planyourpuzzles–eachoneleadingtothenext.Thinkabout:
•Theinputforeachpuzzle–whatyouneedtosolveit,likeacode,keyorotherinformation.
•Theoutput–whatyougetwhenyousolveit,likediscoveringthelocationofthenextpuzzle.
Planninganescaperoomislikeplanningacomputerprogram.Softwareengineersworkouttheinputsandoutputsforeachpartoftheprogrambeforecreatingit.
Top tipSomepuzzleideas:•Codes:decodealetterfrombraille,
binaryormorsecode.•Hidden clues:numbersorwordshidden
inphotosormaps.MaybeabookmarkedpageaboutFrancecouldleadyoutotheright‘passport’?Youcanalsohideitemsindrawersorundermats.
•Challenges:solveacrosswordorsudokuwithcircledlettersornumbers.
Createreusablepuzzlesormakebackupsifyou’regoingtorepeatyourgame.
Testyourgameandwritedownanyrules.Isthereatimelimit?
Now,taketurnstryingeachother’sgames.Telleachotherthetitle,
introductionandrules.Then,talktogetheraboutwhatmakesagreatescaperoom.
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Topsecret:Beforethegirlsarrive,hideanotebehindtheclocksaying‘CusedtobeA...Nqqmkpaqwtngcfgt’urqemgv!’Puttheclocksomewheresubtle(it’stheanswertoclueone).Putthekeyinyourpocket.
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