Global Climate Factors Digital Escape Room – Ocean Currents, Wind, Google Forms

Escape Room Games are a fun way to engage students as they explore the factors that influence Earth’s climate. This Google Form escape room activity takes students on an interactive global journey, where they must complete 4 multi-step critical thinking challenges related to latitude and position, global wind belts, ocean currents, and elevation to uncover the codes they need to escape. This resource is ZERO PREP and self-checking so students can work through it independently. A complete teacher guide is included with clear setup instructions and detailed explanations of each task and how students solve them.

✎ WHAT’S INCLUDED?

• Link to Google Form escape room activity with 4 creative tasks for students to complete.
• You DO NOT need Google Classroom to participate in this activity (but it will work with Google Classroom perfectly fine)! As long as you have internet access, you should be good to go!
• This activity is LOW-PREP and SELF-CHECKING!!
• Student-friendly instruction page.
• In-depth teacher instructions for setting up and using this activity in your classroom to make your life easier!
• Answer key for each task.

How to use this resource in your classroom:

• Use this AFTER you have learned about global climate factors with your students. This is great independent practice or review.
• Send students the Google Form link (instructions on how to do this are included).
• Students will work through each task and use the included answer sheet to record their answers.
• For each task: read the instructions carefully, solve the problem, and enter the code in the box.

Grades: 6–12 | Pages: 14 | Time: 25 minutes
NGSS Connections: MS-ESS2-6