6th Grade Math End of Year Escape Room Activity – Middle School Math Review

Students work together to solve 8 math challenges, crack the codes and “escape” before summer break in this 6th grade math escape room. It is an end of year review of important middle school math skills and the major 6th grade math standards.

Instead of working through a traditional worksheet review, students move, talk, problem solve and think critically through a variety of puzzles and activities. They collaborate the whole way through.

What’s included

• Teacher directions and setup tips
• Printable challenges
• Answer keys
• Hint cards
• Student recording sheets
• Printable student booklet option
• Labels and prep pages
• Digital lock option using Google Forms

Challenges included

• Count-It Challenge
• Puzzled Challenge
• CrissCross Vocabulary Challenge
• De-Coding Challenge
• Draw-It Coordinate Plane Challenge
• De-Cipher Geometry Challenge
• Spinning Statistics Challenge
• Build-It Box and Whisker Plot Challenge

Skills covered

• Ratios and Proportional Relationships
• The Number System
• Expressions and Equations
• Geometry
• Statistics and Probability

What students do

• Solve codes
• Complete puzzles
• Plot points on a coordinate plane
• Solve equations and evaluate expressions
• Work with ratios, decimals, fractions, geometry and statistics
• Collaborate with teammates in an escape room format

How it works

The 8 challenges can be completed in any order, which makes it easy to differentiate and customize for your classroom.

Why teachers use it

• Minimal prep compared to creating your own escape room
• Flexible setup, using envelopes or locks and boxes
• Encourages teamwork and problem solving
• Holds the attention of middle school students
• Good for end of year review or test prep

Quick facts

• Grade: 6
• CCSS: 6.G.A.1, 6.G.A.2, 6.G.A.4, 6.SP.B.4, 6.SP.B.5a, 6.SP.B.5b, 6.NS.B.2, 6.NS.B.3, 6.NS.C.5, 6.NS.C.7c, 6.EE.A.1, 6.EE.A.2b, 6.EE.A.2c, 6.EE.B.7, 6.RP.A.1, 6.RP.A.2, 6.RP.A.3b, 6.RP.A.3c
• Answer key: included

Bundles and related resources

This math escape is included in the Middle School Math Escape Room Bundle.

More end of year escapes:

• 5th Grade Math End of Year Escape Activity
• 7th Grade Math End of Year Escape Activity
• 8th Grade Math End of Year Escape Activity

Free resources

Get my free Warm Up Slides templates.

Terms of use

By purchasing this product, you own a license for one teacher only for personal use in their own classroom. Licenses are non-transferable and therefore can not be passed from one teacher to another. If the teacher who purchased this license leaves the classroom or changes schools, the license and materials leave with that teacher. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire team, grade level, school or district without purchasing the correct number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal or district interested in transferable licenses that would accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a transferable license quote at lindsay@beyondtheworksheet.com.

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