About This Webinar
Game-based learning is a powerful way to make education active and engaging by centering student ideas as they investigate scientific phenomena. Put simply, playing games makes the brain happy and engaged.
This session will demonstrate how to develop an educational escape room to serve informal and formal science learning objectives and get families actively interacting with science and engineering processes. It will also review methods of assessment, especially for out-of-school settings.
Science Friday set out to design an escape room experience for middle school aged children and their families that would introduce learners to the science of the brain through hands-on science and engineering challenges. Working with a team that includes experts in game design and neuroscience, we developed a series of activities tied together by a compelling narrative to educate participants on brain science topics. Over 2,500 learners across the U.S. participated in the program.
This session will review the process of developing the escape room, implementing the program, and measuring its impact. Participants will try several activities and leave with a sample escape room and a planning guide to design their own.
This webinar is part of Share My Lesson's 2025 Virtual Conference! View all sessions here.
