The Character Observatory
A B2 review escape room in which teens solve nine varied puzzles about personality adjectives, from laid-back to self-centred, to reveal a hidden master code.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR B2 level. Topic: Kind-hearted.
Late one evening, your class visits an old observatory run by Professor Lane, a famously good-natured scientist who studies people as carefully as she studies stars. While you are exploring, a storm knocks out the power and the heavy doors lock automatically. The professor's security system only…
Solve all nine personality puzzles, collect one letter from each, and put the letters together in order to find the 9-letter master code that unlocks the observatory door.
Puzzles
- 🎸 The Relaxed Musician: Jake never panics before exams. While his classmates are revising in a hurry, he simply shrugs, plays his guitar and tells everyone that things usually work out in the end. Even when his teacher reminded him that the test was the next morning, he just smiled and said he…
- ☀️ The Volunteer's Story: Read the passage about Sam, then decide whether each statement is true or false.
- 💪 The Determination Files: Match each personality adjective with its correct definition.
- 🧭 The Calm Captain's Code: During a school trip, the bus broke down in the middle of nowhere. While some students started to panic, Lena, who is famously level-headed, calmly phoned the bus company and organised everyone into groups. Her teacher later said that level-headed people usually make…
- 📸 The Hidden Smile: Ever since her braces were fitted, Mia has felt so ______ that she refuses to smile in photos, even though her friends insist that nobody notices them. She told her mum that she constantly worries about what other people think of her appearance. Complete the gap with the…
- 📝 The Never-Good-Enough Notebook: Ryan is extremely self-critical. Although he got 95% in his maths test, he spent the whole evening complaining about the one question he got wrong. His sister said he was the kind of person who believes anything less than flawless is a failure. Unscramble this…
- ⚖️ The Judge's Scales: Our class captain is fair-minded: when two friends argue, she listens to both sides before giving her opinion, and she never takes sides just because someone is popular. Three of these words have a similar meaning to fair-minded. Which word does NOT belong?
- 🌋 The Volcano Temper: loses. brother he My shouts short-tempered when
- 🪞 The Mirror Riddle: In every conversation, I somehow manage to bring the topic back to myself. I rarely ask how you are feeling, and when you tell me about your problems, I quickly start describing my own. Unlike someone who is good-natured or fair-minded, I seldom notice when others need help,…
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.
- 🎸 The Relaxed Musician Jake never panics before exams. While his classmates are revising in a hurry, he simply shrugs, plays his guitar and tells everyone that things usually work out in the end. Even when his teacher reminded him that the test was the next morning, he just smiled and said he…
- ☀️ The Volunteer's Story Read the passage about Sam, then decide whether each statement is true or false. Sam, who volunteers at an animal shelter every Saturday, is known by everyone as a good-natured teenager. When a younger volunteer accidentally let a dog escape last month, Sam didn't shout at…
- 💪 The Determination Files Match each personality adjective with its correct definition. Strong-willed Laid-back Good-natured Level-headed relaxed and not easily worried kind, friendly and patient with others determined to do what you want, even when others try to persuade you otherwise able to…