I absolutely love the idea of Breakout EDU, and think that it would be awesome to incorporate in my classroom (and with grade level colleagues). I have never heard of this site, and think that it is awesome. The whole idea behind the team-building, problem solving activities is fantastic! It would be great to see different groups of kids working together, and learning what skills they can offer to their Kids would love doing activities like these, and I know that they would want to do these all the time!! I would love to be able to do them somewhat regularly in my class, but will shoot to do at least one or two with my class this upcoming year. I don't know if we will be able to get it done this year, but I think a Breakout EDU game would be awesome to do with our 4th grade students when we take them on the overnight trip in the fall.
One breakout game that I would like to try with my class is called Shapeshifter. It is a geometry game that could be used as a culminating activity to our geometry unit. It would a great team activity to recap all that the students have learned!
A game that I thought of designing would be 'My Suitcases to Ellis Island' (I might change the name at some point). It could be a game that could coincide with our Immigration unit involving the kids working as families to make their way to Ellis Island - unlocking suitcases to help them earn money and other items to help start their future in America. I would hope to do it with the other two 4th grade classes (Juli Ross & Drew Peterson). To be honest, it is exciting to think about the possibilities of designing an activity!
Here is my game idea (definitely a 'rough draft'):
Suitcases to Ellis Island
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