Solve the Case – Mystery Escapes Students Love (you will, too!)

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Mystery Escapes are proving to be one of the best activities added to our classroom. These easy prep resources are engaging, fun, and full of academic skills!

Oh, my, these mystery Escapes cases have such a delightful twist. Students read a short story that sets the stage for the mystery. To solve it, students must complete 4 puzzle activities.

The puzzles are more than puzzles! They require thinking, reading, calculating, and problem-solving!

Students LOVE these!

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Fiction-based Breakout for Upper Elementary students- teams are searching for a hidden pirate treasure box and complete 4 tasks to solve the mystery! This is a no-locks easy prep Escape Room! Mystery Escapes

Fiction-based Breakout for Upper Elementary students- teams are learning about their STEM Lab and trying to find out what their first STEM project will be. They complete 4 tasks to solve the mystery! This is a no-locks easy prep Escape Room!

Fiction-based Breakout for Upper Elementary students- teams investigate a missing teacher and find her hiding place by completing 4 tasks to solve the mystery! This is a no-locks easy prep Escape Room! Mystery Escapes

Fiction-based Breakout for Upper Elementary students- teams investigate a sneaky cat and find its hiding place by completing 4 tasks to solve the mystery! This is a no-locks easy prep Escape Room! Mystery Escapes

This mystery escape is perfect for the end of the year or summer school.

The story is that an elementary student arrives home on the last day of school to find the family is leaving on a trip. He must gather together all the family pets

But the Sneaky Cat is hiding!

The boy gets neighbors to help and they solve 4 puzzles to solve The Case of the Sneaky Cat and escape on vacation!

Fiction-based Breakout for Upper Elementary students- teams investigate missing earthworms from their classroom and complete 4 tasks to solve the mystery! This is a no-locks easy prep Escape Room! Mystery Escapes

I love this one so much! The story of the vanishing worms is so funny and the Earthworm Detectives take off to solve the mystery.

Of course, students are not really taking off- it’s a paper/pencil activity.

Students complete 4 tasks to find a 4-digit number code to “unlock” a pretend garden shed door to find the worms!

PERFECT FOR EARTH DAY!

No Locks Mini Escape - The Case of the April Fool's Day Pranks- students must solve 4 puzzles to find a lock code to "escape'. Mystery Escapes

Oh, my, this one is so fabulous. Students read a short story about pranks being played in a small town. Students from the school begin to investigate.

To find the prankster teams must complete 4 puzzles. Each puzzle gives students a secret word that is then added to a Decoder to find a 4-digit number.

The number “unlocks” the hiding place of the prankster!

SO MUCH FUN!

No Locks Mini Escape - The Case of the Missing Lunchbox- students must solve 4 puzzles to find a lock code to "escape' and find the lunchboxes. Mystery Escapes

This No-Locks Mini Escape Room is based on a short fictional account of missing lunchboxes in a school cafeteria.

A group of students try to solve the mystery and must correctly finish 4 puzzles. The puzzles give them a 4-digit lock code which will unlock the space where the lunchboxes are hidden.

Easy Prep and Great Fun!