Breakout Games

Can you breakout?

Talk about student engagement while completing a difficult and complex task. I highly recommend purchasing (or in my case borrowing) a Breakout game for your students.

To purchase a kit, go to http://www.breakoutedu.com/

Our team is divided into 2 houses: Reveur and Amistad. When the students entered my class, I had a blue table with a kit for Reveur and a red table with a kit for Amistad. Our game was "Where In the World is Valentino Cupid?". When you purchase the kit, you have numerous games available to you or you may create your own. Since it was Valentine's week, I decided we would play this game. It focused on latitude, longitude and geography. 

This game was pretty difficult and there were a few of the tasks that were quite complex. That's why I loved it so much! We want to push our students and this was a great way to do it. Because I didn't want my kids to get discouraged or quit when it got too difficult, I asked our D.A.R.E. officer to come play with the kids. He was able to guide them in a way that kept them focused on the task while not getting bogged down in the game's complexity.

Out of the 4 groups to play (2 from my first class and 2 from my second class), only 1 group was able to solve the puzzles and open the box in the time allotted. Congratulations Reveur!

I would love to hear if you have done a game with your class. I'm looking for another to do in the near future.

Happy gaming,
Tricia