The Science Lab Lockdown
A five-puzzle escape room reviewing B1-level science vocabulary for teen ESL learners, ending in a 5-letter master code.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Science.
You and your classmates are locked inside the school science lab after a strange storm knocked out the power. To escape, you must solve five puzzles that test your knowledge of science vocabulary. Each puzzle reveals one letter of a secret code hidden in the lab's old computer system. Work fast…
Solve all five puzzles to collect the letters and unlock the lab door with the master code.
Puzzles
- 🔬 The First Test: Scientists do this when they want to find out new information by trying something in a controlled way. Which verb matches this meaning?
- 🧪 Missing Word: A ______ is a place where scientists do experiments and tests with special equipment.
- 🧬 Match the Meaning: Match each science word with its correct meaning.
- 🕵️ Who Studies This?: Unscramble this word: RAEESCHRER
- 🔐 The Final Code: Decode the number cipher using A=1, B=2, C=3... to find the science adjective.
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 First Test Scientists do this when they want to find out new information by trying something in a controlled way. Which verb matches this meaning?
- 🧪 Missing Word A ______ is a place where scientists do experiments and tests with special equipment.
- 🧬 Match the Meaning Match each science word with its correct meaning. gene species infection substance an illness caused by bacteria or a virus entering the body a part of a cell that carries information about how living things look and grow a specific type of solid, liquid, or gas material a…