Breakout EDU

Group outings to Escape Room, BreakoutKC, EscapeKC are very popular right now.  They are the ultimate team-building, problem-solving, and critical thinking challenge, as groups try to solve a riddle or puzzle that correlates to a story.

BreakoutEDU has brought this same concept into the classroom.  Instead of being in a specific place to complete the problem-solving, this company has put everything you need into one wooden box. They are $99/piece, but did you know that IH has four of these boxes already?!

"Breakout EDU creates ultra-engaging learning games for people of all ages. Games (Breakouts) teach teamwork, problem solving, critical thinking, and troubleshooting by presenting participants with challenges that ignite their natural drive to problem-solve."

Each box comes with the following items, and the open source lessons show you where to place and how to use each item.

Here's how it works:

The site has lots of games already created for you and they give an overview of that particular game.  There is also a template if you are feeling inspired and want to create and upload your own game.  The "stories" vary and reach a variety of age levels and lengths of time.  Here are a few examples:

Congrats if you've made it this far in the blog post, as you will need this password to unlock the games!

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Think about using a Breakout Box if you need to switch it up, do a brain break, or promote team-building.  BreakoutEDU allows students to "begin to engage in new ways that will make the lessons more meaningful in the long run."

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/re-energize-classroom-new-year-nicholas-provenzano