Biology  by Bradford
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The human body escape room

The Summit Rescue Hut

A storm has trapped your team in a mountain rescue hut, high above the clouds. An injured climber is resting by the stove, and a helicopter can land at dawn, but only if the helipad is open. The hut's old security system has locked every door until someone proves they know how the human body survives the cold, the thin air and the climb. Five locks stand between you and the landing pad. Each lock asks four questions, and your answers decode into its combination. The wind is rising and the oxygen is low: crack all five before the pilot turns back.

Play it onlineTeacher pack (PDF)
  • 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
  • Forgrade 9 and 10 biology and pre-AP classes
  • Play linkbiologybybradford.com/escape/gb8

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.
  1. Lock 1 · Recall

    Boot Room Door

    Patterns Easy

    Find the missing number. Your digit is its last digit (47 gives 7).

  2. Lock 2 · Understand

    First-Aid Locker

    Pathway Easy

    Start at your letter and go straight down. Every time you meet a rung, cross it. Your digit is where you finish.

  3. Lock 3 · Apply

    Radio Room

    Bar chart Medium

    Each letter is a bar. Only 0 and 5 are numbered, so count the lines.

  4. Lock 4 · Analyse data

    Oxygen Store

    Number pyramid Medium

    Each brick is the sum of the two bricks directly below it. Fewer bricks are filled in, so plan your route.

  5. Lock 5 · Evaluate

    Helipad Hatch

    Petri dishes Hard

    Count the solid colonies, then take away the number of rings.

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.

  1. Which blood vessels carry blood from the body back to the heart?

    1. A Veins
    2. B Arteries
    3. C Capillaries
    4. D Alveoli

  2. In which organ are most digested food molecules absorbed into the blood?

    1. A The stomach
    2. B The large intestine
    3. C The small intestine
    4. D The esophagus

  3. Which statement about viruses is true?

    1. A They are single cells, with a cell wall but with no nucleus
    2. B They can only reproduce inside the cells of a living host
    3. C They are a type of bacteria small enough to pass into blood
    4. D They make their own food from glucose, as all living cells do

  4. Which is one job of the skeleton?

    1. A Releasing insulin into the blood after each meal
    2. B Filtering wastes out of the blood to make urine
    3. C Breaking food down into small, soluble molecules
    4. D Protecting soft organs such as the brain and heart

Patterns

Easy

Find the missing number. Your digit is its last digit (47 gives 7).

A64564840?
B35?536271
C1522?3643
D61?798897

Running it

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

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