Biology by Bradford
Ecology escape room
The Canopy Walkway
Your class is touring a rainforest reserve on a walkway strung high among the treetops. A sudden storm has triggered the walkway's safety gates, and the ranger station will only release them once visitors show they understand how energy, nutrients, and populations shape the forest. Five gates stand between you and the forest floor. Each lock needs four correct answers, decoded into its combination. Trace the energy, count the populations, and climb down safely.
- 5 locksfour multiple-choice questions at each, 20 in all
- About 45 minutesfor a team of three or four
- Online or on papera link to play, or the pack to print
- ForAP Biology classes
- Play linkbiologybybradford.com/escape/u8
The five locks
Each lock’s four answers are decoded with its puzzle into a four-digit combination, so one wrong answer keeps it shut. The questions climb from recall to evaluating evidence.- Lock 1 · Recall
The Treetop Gate
Light panel Easy
Add up the numbers above the shaded squares.
- Lock 2 · Understand
The Rope Bridge
Symbol sums Easy
One symbol's value is given. Use it to unlock the others, then swap your letters for symbols.
- Lock 3 · Apply
The Lookout Platform
Dice Medium
Add all three dice beside your letter. A blank face counts as 0.
- Lock 4 · Analyse data
The Zip-Line Station
Petri dishes Medium
Count only the solid colonies. Ignore the rings.
- Lock 5 · Evaluate
The Base Camp Door
Logic clues Hard
A, B, C and D are four different digits. Some clues only compare them, so test the possibilities.
Lock 1, as a team sees it
The first four questions and their decoder. The answers, and the reason for each, are in the teacher pack.What is a symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit called?
- A Parasitism
- B Predation
- C Commensalism
- D Mutualism
What are the feeding positions in a food chain, such as producers and primary consumers, called?
- A Food webs
- B Feeding guilds
- C Trophic levels
- D Communities
What is an organism's specific ecological role, including how it uses resources, called?
- A Niche
- B Habitat
- C Population
- D Community
What is a behavior that is inherited and performed correctly without prior experience called?
- A Innate behavior
- B Classical conditioning
- C Learned behavior
- D Altruistic behavior
Light panel
EasyAdd up the numbers above the shaded squares.
Running it
- Online: send teams the play link. They answer a lock’s four questions, decode the letters and enter the combination; after lock 5 they get a completion code to show you. Nobody needs an account.
- On paper: sign in (free) and print the teacher pack: question cards, the five decoders, a guide and the answer key with a reason for every answer.
- Your version: Edit a copy from the library to change any question, then play and print it by its own code, or build a room from the topics your class has covered.