Aug. 8, 2016

Contributed by Kristen Purdy

The Breakout Games teach teamwork, problem solving, critical thinking, and troubleshooting by presenting students with center challenges that ignite their natural drive to problem-solve.  K-12 Breakouts can be used to teach core academic subjects including math, science, history, language arts and have embedded standards that apply problem solving strategies. Each Breakout kit comes with a collection of locks, hidden contraptions, timers, keys, and other “diversion hardware” that can be used to play the Breakout challenges.

 

Each game is centered around opening (“breaking out” ) of various boxes and locks to find a clue to help solve an overall problem in a specific amount of time. During a game, players must work collaboratively to successfully navigate a series of mysteries and solve engaging problems using both physical and online puzzles.  Learning has never been this much fun!!