The Wellness Lab Escape
A nine-puzzle escape room for teens that builds vocabulary and confidence for talking about emotions and healthy coping strategies.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Expressing feelings and using coping strategies.
Your school counselor built a special room called the Wellness Lab to help students understand feelings and coping skills. One afternoon, the door locks automatically during a fire drill test, and the only way out is through the Lab's puzzle system. Each puzzle teaches something about emotions and…
Solve all nine puzzles about feelings and coping strategies to collect letters and unlock the exit door.
Puzzles
- 😌 Puzzle 1: A Calm Choice: Which of these is a healthy way to cope with stress?
- 🧠 Puzzle 2: Feelings Facts: Read the passage and decide if each statement is true or false.
- 🎯 Puzzle 3: Which One Doesn't Belong?: Three of these words describe feelings. One does not. Find the odd one out.
- 🔗 Puzzle 4: Match the Words: Match each word with its correct meaning.
- ✏️ Puzzle 5: Fill the Gap: When I feel really ______, I try to talk to a friend or go for a walk to calm down.
- 🔤 Puzzle 6: Unscramble the Word: Unscramble this word: ELAXRDE
- 🧩 Puzzle 7: The Riddle: I happen every day without you even thinking about me. But if you slow me down and make me deep, I can calm your mind and your heart. What am I?
- 🔀 Puzzle 8: Put It In Order: test nervous before felt her She big
- 🔐 Puzzle 9: The Final Code: Decode this message using A=1, B=2, C=3... to find a word that means 'help from other people when you feel upset'.
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.
- 😌 Puzzle 1: A Calm Choice Which of these is a healthy way to cope with stress?
- 🧠 Puzzle 2: Feelings Facts Read the passage and decide if each statement is true or false. Everyone feels different emotions every day, like happiness, sadness, or worry. These feelings are normal and they can change quickly depending on what happens around us. When we talk about our feelings with…
- 🎯 Puzzle 3: Which One Doesn't Belong? Three of these words describe feelings. One does not. Find the odd one out. a) frustrated b) Slowly c) nervous d) excited