Temple Turmoil An Escape in Ancient Athens
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Bring the Escape Room into your classroom with this 7 step, 60 minute puzzle. This puzzle focuses on Ancient Athens and is perfect for 5-8 grade students.
This escape adventure explores the exciting environs of Ancient Athens. Students must work through the included puzzles, which will lead them to reveal four-number or five-letter combinations. These combinations will open corresponding locks, helping them to move on to the next puzzle. We’ve included seven puzzles in this escape adventure, which can be presented all at once in a single escape or can be broken up and implemented as supplementary exercises.
BACKSTORY
The might city of Athens wants to build a new temple to honor the gods and celebrate the glory of Athenian achievements. Help the Athenians design and build their new temple in the next 60 minutes to become the stuff of legend!
SUGGESTED TIME
We suggest 60 minutes for this escape adventure. This should be amended according to your classroom needs. These puzzles may also be broken up into
shorter activities. However, some puzzles may take longer than others.
MATERIALS NEEDED
The materials in this packet need to be printed out. Some materials may require some cutting. The entire escape adventure requires six locks in total. Four of these should be four-digit number locks, while two should be five-letter word locks.
If presented all at once as a single event, this escape adventure will require a multi-lock solution. Either six bags can be furnished for students to use, or a multi-lock hasp can be used to include several locks on a single bag.