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Escape Room Camp Overview

Camp Objectives

  • Engineering design objectives
  • Cooperative
    • Works well with others
    • Understands their role in a group
    • Competently performs their role
    • Can compromise and be assertive when necessary
    • Gives and takes feedback well
  • Creative
    • Can tell their own story
    • Is comfortable expressing their experiences, knowledge, and skills
  • Planful
    • Makes and follows a plan
    • Follow the rules
    • Makes changes to a plan when necessary
    • Evaluates solutions for good fit
  • Responsible
    • Stays organized
    • Follows through on tasks
    • Leads others
    • Notices and manages their emotions
    • Responds appropriately to others' emotions
    • Stands up for oneself
  • Welcoming
    • Is kind
    • Is curious about others
    • Appreciates how one is similar to and different from others
    • Seeks common ground

Daily Schedule

  • 8:30-9:00 Arrival
  • 9:30 Warm-up
  • 9:30 Main lesson
  • 10:30 Small group SEL lesson
  • 11:30 Side quest
  • 12:00 Craft quest
  • 12:30 Lunch
  • 1:00 Departure for half-day
  • 1:30 Group games
  • 4:00 Departure for full-day

General Materials

Lessons

Preparation

  • Hang up camp poster, achievements poster, and leadership roles poster
  • Hang up the emergency numbers poster
  • Print out the list of campers for the week and a sign-in sheet. Place upfront with a pen for sign-in.
  • Print out badges, cut them out, and glue pins on the back
  • Set out camper baskets, nametags, and name stickers (for chargers and devices)
  • Set out sticky notes, markers, pens, and craft materials

Resources