Work and Energy: Digital Escape Breakout Activity

This is a fully functional, completely digital escape room covering the concepts of energy, work and power.  Topics covered include energy, kinetic and potential energy, work, and power.  Students will answer questions about these topics and and work problems involving the calculation of work, energy, and power.

This activity works great as a review assignment and enrichment activity for students.

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Included in this activity are three fully viable options for using the assignment in your classroom: a printable version that can be used by students who do not have access to an internet ready computer or device, a web site version that can be accessed from any internet capable device, and a Microsoft OneNote version that can be used by students who have access to this Microsoft app. Also included are instructions for using each of the different versions of the escape room.

Simply extract the files from the .zip file and you are ready to go.

Once you begin using digital escape rooms, you will find that they are an exciting new way to provide instruction for your students. Students are challenged, while having fun and learning at the same time.

This digital escape activity will challenge your students' problem solving and critical thinking skills while at the same time strengthening their understanding of the material. Students will be "playing a game" while learning. Students must read for context, answer questions, and use logic to move through the stages of this activity. When used as a small group activity, this notebook can be used to provide for collaborative learning in a competitive environment.  Questions in the activity may require students to make calculations, remember or discover facts, and interpret information to find passwords.

On average, to complete this assignment will require students have 30 to 45 minutes.