Free resource
Haunted Forest Breakout
Periodic Table Trends Escape Room
TEKS 5(C)Group activity · 2–5 students30–45 minReview
Student teams crack four locks, using atomic radius, electronegativity, shielding, nuclear charge, ionization energy, and reactivity trends, to escape a haunted forest. Run it fully digital, or print clue cards and use the site as the lock box. A live leaderboard ranks teams by time plus penalties.
Digital
Clues are hidden inside the interactive. No printing needed.
Paper + Digital Locks
Teams solve printed clue cards; the site checks their codes.
Printables
- Download PDFClue Card Packet (print 1 per team, paper version)
- Download PDFSurvival Log (student work sheet, both versions)
- Download PDFTeacher Packet (setup, answer key, explanations)Teacher copy — don't share the link with students.
How it works
- Start a session and choose Digital or Paper + Digital Locks.
- Share the student link and the 6-character join code.
- Click Start the Clock when every team is ready.
- Watch the live leaderboard (and projector board) as teams escape.
Scoring: Effective time = elapsed time + 1:00 per wrong code + 3:00 per hint.