Facilitator’s GuideBefore You Begin

1. Make copies of the Google Forms and save to your Google Drive.

Google Form Pretest: The Air Around Us: Pretest and Posttest

https://goo.gl/forms/N3vdajBj62XiVPts2

Google Form Digital Locks: Dr. Sphere is Missing Breakout Locks

https://goo.gl/forms/B3nehwv0uUTIf2eo1

2. Ensure you have the spreadsheet set up to receive the responses.

3. Each group of students will need an internet connected device such as a laptop or

Chromebook to complete the activities.

4. You will need to show the students a printed copy of what a clue looks like. The

copymaster is on the last page of this guide.

Getting Started1. Direct students to the Google Form: The Air Around Us: Pretest and Posttest

a. Once students have taken the pretest, arrange them in groups based on their

responses, ensuring teams are evenly matched. The size of the group is not

critical, however, the smaller the group, the more interactive the experience will

be for the students. Groups of 3 may help the group solve the clues faster.

2. Advise the students of some of the tips for finding clues:

- Clues are usually found in the feedback for correct answers.

- Clues may also be hidden in answers to questions you are asked but not expected to

submit in the game.

- You may wish to use a pen or pencil and paper to take notes. You will not be able to

take notes on the videos during the game in the notes section.

- Show the students the copy of the sample clue (provided on the last page of this

guide.)

3. Once students have been placed in groups direct them to this URL:

http://www.smartbuilder.com/smartbuilder-2/e-learning-software-tools/

Dr+Sphere+is+Missing/loz000i77000000000003v

4. Students will work through the module. They should watch for the clues as they go

through and enter the codes in the Dr. Sphere is Missing Breakout Digital Locks.

Students are told they will only have 60 minutes to get through the module before the

time machine locks up for good, so you may want to have a visible timer in the room to

time them.

Let the students know that each group can get two hints from you during the 60 minutes.

5. After the students break out, winning the game, or run out of time, direct them to retake

the pretest (now it’s a posttest) to see if they learned anything. If they still have learning

gaps, you know where they are and can teach to those topics or direct them back to the

areas of the modules that address the ones they got wrong.

Solutions5 Letter Lock (all caps)

Students need to pay attention to the feedback

from the first assessment. The feedback for

the correct answers looks different than the

incorrect. Some of the letters are bolded. The

correct answer feedback has the letters globe

in bold.

4 Letter Directional Lock (all caps)

The feedback on the screen where students

must order the process of acid rain formation will

provide a pop-up with additional questions. If

students think through the answers to the

questions they will come up with Down, Down,

Down, Up. The lock needs 4 letters, so using

the initials DDDU will unlock this lock.

5 Letter Lock (Layers)

Students will need to answer 4 of the first 5

questions about the layers of the atmosphere

correctly. They must get the last answer

correct to be provided the feedback that will

give them a link to an online jigsaw puzzle

they must solve. When they solve the puzzle

(or find the pieces that have the word ozone written on it) they should know to answer this lock

with OZONE.

4 Digit Lock

When students correctly answer the question

about air pressure, “Based on the videos you

have just watched, how do we know air has

mass and takes up space? (check all that

apply).” Students are prompted to answer

the question, “What year was the barometer

first used?” The answer to this question as

found online or in their textbooks, 1643.

Phrase Lock (sentence format)

Students will need to pay close attention to

the screen that discusses why the

atmosphere is essential to life. In each of the

informational sections students can access

by clicking the buttons, “warmth,” liquid

water,” and “clean air.” Careful eyes will

notice that the words “Warmth is essential”

can be found in italics—one word in each

section. Students must enter this sentence with a capital at the beginning of the sentence and a

period at the end.

4 Letter Lock

The solution for the answers about the

relationship between air pressure and

altitude on the last screen of the module

provides the last clue for the lock screen,

ABBA.

CLUE SAMPLE – Show students before they begin