Arctic Adventure: Inuit Life Checkpoints
A 5-checkpoint game that practises the textbook words skiing, hunting, snowmobile, seaweed, raw and berries. Students earn stars, can try again after mistakes, and get a final badge.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Social studies time ! : life in the Arctic.
This is a game version of your textbook lesson about life in the Arctic. There are 5 checkpoints. Each correct answer gives you a star and one letter of the secret code. If you make a mistake, try again!
Pass all 5 checkpoints, collect 5 stars, and use the 5 letters to make the master code and win the final badge.
Puzzles
- ⛷️ Checkpoint 1: Snow Word: Unscramble this word from your textbook list: gniiks
- 🧩 Checkpoint 2: Word Match: Match each textbook word with its meaning.
- 🔐 Checkpoint 3: Secret Number Code: Use the code A=1, B=2, C=3 ... Z=26 to find a word from your textbook list: 8-21-14-20-9-14-7
- 🔍 Checkpoint 4: Which Word Is Different?: Read the four textbook words carefully. Three of them are nouns. Which word is NOT a noun?
- 🧠 Checkpoint 5: Word Riddle: Read carefully. I am one word from your textbook list. I am made of two shorter words. My first part is big, blue and salty. My second part is a plant that grows in a garden when you don't want it. What am I?
Printable worksheet
This Escape Room comes with a free printable worksheet: 1 part for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Core sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Escape on paper · Open every lock. Write each answer.
Part 1: Escape on paper
Open every lock. Write each answer.
- ⛷️ Checkpoint 1: Snow Word Unscramble this word from your textbook list: gniiks G N I I K S
- 🧩 Checkpoint 2: Word Match Match each textbook word with its meaning. snowmobile seaweed raw berries a plant that grows in the sea small, sweet fruits not cooked a machine for travelling on snow
- 🔐 Checkpoint 3: Secret Number Code Use the code A=1, B=2, C=3 ... Z=26 to find a word from your textbook list: 8-21-14-20-9-14-7 8-21-14-20-9-14-7 A1 B2 C3 D4 E5 F6 G7 H8 I9 J10 K11 L12 M13 N14 O15 P16 Q17 R18 S19 T20 U21 V22 W23 X24 Y25 Z26