Steps to creating a Breakout Box
What Grade Levels Can Participate in a Breakout Box? I believe that all grade levels can successfully engage in a breakout box. Activities like these will engage all grade levels, the teacher is just required to make relevant clues, and clues that the students are able to solve in order to create high levels of participation. As I have stated I believe that this activity would be successful from kindergarten to grade twelve. I believe students in high school would enjoy this activity just as adults and young adults enjoy going to breakout rooms. On the other hand, many people have asked me about implementing this in Kindergarten, which I have done, and seen great levels of success. The students were engaged and captivated by the activity as soon as the hook occurred, to multiple weeks later when they were still discussing the breakout box. Below is the lesson plan from that day, the created clues, and pictures of the construction of the lock box.
Thoughts on using a Breakout Box The breakout box is a great tool, however, I do believe if it is not thoroughly planned, researched, and created purposefully with high levels of teacher involvement, the use of this educational tool might be lost. The breakout box is made to be complex, and engage students in adventure, but the purpose should still focus on curriculum. The use of a breakout box can engage students in a variety of academic outcome, as seen in the lesson above, but it also highlights students ability to be successful socially. Students will have to be team players, working with their peers to accomplish a common goal. Furthermore, they will have to trust their peers, formulate ideas, and respect one an others ideas. To conclude I believe that using a breakout box in the classroom can spark joy in students learning, which will help them engage with the activity, and assist them in remembering the learning.
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