Global Mystery: The Lost Travel Journal
An international escape room experience combining travel, culture, and daily life themes. Teens solve five interconnected puzzles at increasing difficulty to reveal a hidden word.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR B2 level. Topic: travel, culture, daily life, professions, science, psychology, nature .
You are a travel journalist who has discovered a mysterious locked box in an antique shop. Inside are five clues that reveal the password to a hidden digital archive containing stories from around the world. Each puzzle you solve unlocks one letter of the master code. Can you decode the secrets…
Solve all five puzzles to discover the five-letter master code and unlock the travel journalist's hidden archive.
Puzzles
- 🌍 Cultural Etiquette Challenge: In many Asian cultures, removing your shoes before entering a home is a sign of respect. What does this gesture primarily demonstrate? A) The visitor is tired from traveling B) The visitor respects the family's space and traditions C) The visitor wants to dry their…
- 📚 Daily Life Sentence: A marine biologist spends her mornings _______ water samples from the ocean to study microorganisms and their role in the ecosystem.
- 🔬 Psychology & Nature Pairs: Match each psychological or natural concept with its correct definition:
- 🎭 Profession Code: A skilled professional who designs buildings and structures has encoded their profession title. Decode it using the cipher where A=1, B=2, C=3... Z=26. Cipher: 1-18-3-8-9-20-5-3-20
- 🌿 Nature's Mystery: I am a natural phenomenon that appears in the sky after rain, created by sunlight refracting through water droplets. Travelers often photograph me for beauty, and I'm a symbol of hope in many cultures. I have seven bands of color, though some people see only six. 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 Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Escape on paper · Open every lock. Fewer options to choose from this time.
Part 1: Escape on paper
Open every lock. Fewer options to choose from this time.
- 🌍 Cultural Etiquette Challenge In many Asian cultures, removing your shoes before entering a home is a sign of respect. What does this gesture primarily demonstrate? A) The visitor is tired from traveling B) The visitor respects the family's space and traditions C) The visitor wants to dry their…
- 📚 Daily Life Sentence A marine biologist spends her mornings _______ water samples from the ocean to study microorganisms and their role in the ecosystem.
- 🔬 Psychology & Nature Pairs Match each psychological or natural concept with its correct definition: Circadian rhythm Photosynthesis Cognitive bias Biodiversity The process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy The variety of different species within an ecosystem The natural…