34 new Breakout EDU games!
To ring in the new year we added 34 new Breakout EDU games to the platform. There are now more than 900 games ready to use in the classroom and new games are being added regularly. Check out the new releases below.
THE LOST TREASURE OF TALUTZI
You are the famous treasure hunter, California James! You are off on your latest adventure: to find the lost treasure of Talutzi! Follow the clues to find the treasure, but beware! Legend says that while the treasures may be great, the dangers and traps along the way are deadly! Good luck!
CONTENT AREA: Math - Geometry, Volume
RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 5-8
3, 2, 1 . . . BLASTOFF!
You have been chosen to become an astronaut for the newest mission to the moon! Help NASA collect all the data they need prior to your journey into space!
CONTENT AREA: Science; Moon Cycles
RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 2-5
HUNGRY HENRY
Henry is hungry, but he hasn’t always made the best choices when it comes to nutrition. He needs your help in choosing the right foods so he can be healthy and strong.
CONTENT AREA: Science; Moon Cycles
RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 2-5
COOKIE CAPER DIGITAL
OH NO! All the students in your school have been baking cookies all week to get ready for Parent Night. You come in the day of the event and all the cookies have been taken. The Cookie Caper has challenged you with clues. If you can solve the clues in time the Cookie Caper will return all the cookies before Parent Night begins.
CONTENT AREA: Math; Odds/Evens, Arrays
RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 1-3
SNOWFLAKES, SNOWMEN . . . TIME TO PLAY!
Winter is the time for snow, movies by the fireplace, building snowman and drinking hot chocolate. Tomorrow is the first day of winter and you are ready to put on your snowsuit and run out in the snow. Unfortunately, when you packed your winter clothes away you locked the container. Good thing you left yourself clues. Hurry and get those winter clothes out before you go to bed so you will be ready to go play in the snow tomorrow morning!
CONTENT AREA: Winter; Math, Patterns, Shapes
RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades PK-3
BRAILLE PARTY
Thanks for helping Mrs. Milarkle learn about how to honor Mr. Braille. Now, let's party! Note: You will probably need access to your Braille posters from the physical Breakout!
CONTENT AREA: Media Literacy; Braille (digital companion to physical game "Happy Birthday, Mr. Braille")
RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 2-6
LOST TREASURE
A band of pirates has been sailing the seven seas in search of a lost treasure. You have stumbled upon some clues left by Captain Johnny Black. Solve the clues to see if you can locate the lost treasure before the pirates do!
CONTENT AREA: Multiplication, Division, Missing Factors
RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 2-5
LET'S GET BAKE'N
You have won the Ultimate Bake-Off competition. Now it’s time to show off your math skills in the kitchen and get bake’n for the grand opening of your new gourmet cupcake bakery!
CONTENT AREA: Multiplication and Division of Fractions (digital companion game to "Ultimate Bake Off")
RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 5-8
UNREST IN THE COLONIES
It’s The 1700’s and unrest is growing among the American colonists. In response to the Stamp Act, a group of men banded together to form a secret organization known as the Sons of Liberty. You have decided to join these brave men in the fight for your rights as a citizen in the American colonies. Help your fellow Sons of Liberty in the fight against the unfair taxes brought forth by the British government. Show the King George III once and for all that the colonists refuse taxation without representation in parliament!
CONTENT AREA: Social Studies, US History; American Revolution
RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 4-9
BRAD THE BUILDER (DIGITAL)
Brad the builder was driving his truck when suddenly a tire popped! He slammed his truck to a stop and his tools went everywhere! He ran out of the truck in such a hurry that he can’t even remember where he put the key. Now the road is blocked and closed until he can clean up his mess and find his key to move the truck. The cars stuck in traffic are starting to get angry. Can you help Brad clean up his mess and get his truck out of the way?
CONTENT AREA: Math, Number Sense & Counting (companion to "Brad the Builder" physical game)
RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades K-2
BREAKOUT BAKE OFF MINI CHALLENGE
We are on the Breakout Bake-Off Show! We have some mini challenges to do to show our skills in baking and decorating. We must meet these challenges head on by working together and doing our best. Ready, set, go!
CONTENT AREA: Math, Addition Strategies
RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades K-2
SHAPE TOWN CONTINUED
Great job getting your jobs done to help the members of Shape Town get along. The good news is everyone is getting along! The bad news is these rules are a lot of work! Can you help us again now that everyone has moved around?
CONTENT AREA: Math, Geometry (companion to "Shape Town" physical game)
RECOMMENDED AGES: K-2
SOCIAL LEADIA
Learning is social, so why shouldn’t social media be a part of the process? Many people foresee only problems when they think of kids navigating the digital world, but in Jennifer Casa-Todd’s book Social LEADia (published by Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.), the author shares numerous facts and examples proving that students can and do use social media.
SORRY WE'RE CLOSED
Help! Flo’s Restaurant is at risk of failing inspection! Her food is all mixed up, her wait staff needs training, and there are tons of other problems to deal with. Can you help? The inspector is coming back in 45 minutes to give her a second chance! Please help Flo’s Restaurant get back on track!
AN OUT OF THIS WORLD OPPORTUNITY
NASA is hiring for a new position of star explorer. To ensure that only the best candidates apply for the position, NASA has locked the application inside this box. You must solve all the puzzles and clues using your expert stellar knowledge to break into the box and get the application. This is your dream job! The deadline for early submission, which ensures that NASA will look at your application first, ends in 45 minutes….. Good Luck!!
THE COLONIZATION OF PROXIMA CENTAURI
In the year 2040, there was a devastating nuclear war that desecrated and irradiated the planet Earth. Luckily, just prior to the war breaking out, Elon Musk’s great granddaughter managed to build on the work of her great-grandfather and his colleagues and moved 1000 citizens of the planet not a new home.
You and several of your colleagues have traveled back to Earth to try to get a glimpse of what life was like back then. Can you unlock the mystery?
STEM - SAVING THE GOLDEN FROGS
You have collected frogs from the wild and you are keeping the frogs in tanks in a hotel room. A larger building with more space has become available and you will be able to move the frogs to the new building. A scientist who is working with you accidentally locked the directions to the new building in a box. You will need to solve the clues to unlock the box to find out where to take the frogs. Then you will be able to go out and save more frogs!
HYPERLOOP ESCAPE
Ever since the finalized hyperloop plans were revealed earlier this month, tension has been mounting between the local train operators and the hyperloop design team. “I just don’t see why this is better for people. Why would you want to be stuck inside a tube traveling at “hyper” speed when you could instead take a traditional, leisurely ride gazing at the beauty of nature for five or six hours?” commented conductor Fred Diesel.
Under mysterious circumstances, the hyperloop engineers have been trapped in a scale model of one of the pods. Please help free the engineering team before it’s too late!
FULL WOLF MOON
A few days ago you noticed that some people have begun to act strangely. They are itching behind their ears, staring with wide eyes, and sometimes even making a growling noise when people get too close to them. After doing a bit of research, you’ve discovered that there is a werewolf epidemic in your neighborhood! There is an antidote to the werewolf saliva, but it’s been locked away for safekeeping. As a defense against the werewolves, the antidote is protected by a series of clues that only moon cycle scholars will be able to solve. To make matters worse, the full moon, which will cause these humans to fully transform into werewolves, is just an hour away!
NUTRITION HERO
Help! The Junk Food bandit has locked all of the healthy food in the box. If we don’t unlock all the locks on the box in time we won’t ever be able to eat healthy food again! Can you use your knowledge on the 5 food groups and be a nutrition hero? Good Luck!
PICNIC PARTY
You and your friends been invited to a picnic party to celebrate living a healthy lifestyle, but your friends need help figuring out what healthy options you have for food and activities. Work as a team to sort through the clues by making healthy food choices to enjoy a great day of heart healthy activities!
THE PIZZA PAD
You work at the local pizza place called the Pizza Pad. Your boss has gone on vacation and has left your paychecks locked in the box. You must use the pizza themed clues to figure out the codes and get your paycheck.
FOGONOTS
Greetings young scholars! My name is Professor Tex T. Features and I have discovered a new creature! I must get the information out as soon as possible, but my editor has made a mess of my book. Unfortunately I have locked my staples in this box and my publisher is on his way. I must be ready to share my findings when he arrives in 45 minutes! The clues for the locks are hidden within my book. All the more reason to get it put back together correctly and quickly to unlock my staples!
QUADRILATERAL RACE DAY
The Quadrilateral Racing Team needs your help! The Circle Racing team has played a cruel joke and took all of the Quadrilateral Racing Team’s tires and replaced them with square tires. They locked the tires in the box and left a series of clues around the racing pit that can be used to get the tires out of the box. Can you help the Quadrilateral Racing Team before the race starts?!
RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK
You took your time machine back in time to the Jurassic period. The only catch is that you only get to spend 45 minutes in the past, any longer and you will get stuck! You accidentally locked the keys in the box, and you need to get them out in order to get back to the present day. Hurry, or you will get stuck in the past!
MYTHOLOGY, MUSEUMS, AND MAYHEM
Where is your Greek Mythology professor? He was supposed to be here at his office an hour ago. You are set to help him deliver a very important artifact of Greek Mythology to a very prestigious local museum, but now it looks like mayhem is about the ensue! He is set to give a presentation in front of a large crowd about the artifact and lecture about Greek Mythology in America today in just under an hour. That’s when your cell phone rings. He tells you that he’s suddenly grown ill! He’s going to need you and your friends to help him unlock the box, which contains the important artifact and deliver the item to the museum. He’s about to tell you all the combinations when his cell phone dies!
Luckily, the last thing he said to you was that he wrote the combinations down somewhere hidden in the notes on his desk. . . . .can you figure out the combinations, open the box, and help him present the artifact in time?
SPOOKY SOUNDS OF THE HAUNTED MANSION
Strange noises could always be heard at night from the old haunted mansion on Liberty Street. No one knew if it was just the wind blowing through the old broken windows or if it was a ghost. The odd thing was that there were no sounds that came from the house during the daytime. Very late one night, I couldn’t sleep and decided to be brave and investigate, once and for all, what was causing the noises I kept hearing. Can you help me solve the mysterious sounds of the haunted mansion before the sun comes up and the sounds stop? Hurry, we don’t have much time!
WASHINGTON IS ON THE WAY
George Washington is in command of his troops getting ready for battle and is awaiting word on where to go. A soldier brought a box with the important information and the key is nowhere to be found! He needs to get the papers out so he can get his soldiers to where they need to be. To keep the information safe, the soldier has some puzzles that must be solved before access to the box is granted.
A PIRATE TREASURE HUNT
A band of pirates have been sailing the seven seas in search of lost treasures. They have left clues of their plans for how they will be dividing up the loot of the treasures they find. Luckily, you and your classmates have found a box that appears to be the last of the hidden treasure, but it has been secured with several locks. Use the clues left behind to see if you can open the box and retrieve the lost treasure before the pirates do!
ULTIMATE BAKE OFF
The Ultimate Bake Off competition has come to town, and you are ready to show off your excellent cooking skills. The challenge is to make a movie themed birthday cake. The utensils and supplies for the competition are limited, so you need to locate them in an unfamiliar kitchen before you can begin designing your masterpiece. Are you ready to put your kitchen math skills to the test? Work with your teammates in a race against the clock to find out if you have what it takes to win the big prize and the title of “Ultimate Baking Champion!"
LOST LETTERS OF LIBERTY
Your teacher has just returned from a trip to New England with exciting news for the class. While she was visiting a historical inn overlooking Boston Harbor, she stumbled upon an old locked box and a letter written by Abigail Adams, one of the Daughters of Liberty! The inn owner was very intrigued and asked for help to figure out the combination to the lock on the box. Your teacher immediately thought of you and your classmates and asked if she could borrow the box and enlist the help of her students to solve this mystery. The inn owner was so excited to have someone able to help that she agreed and is eagerly awaiting the results of your findings. Work together to solve the mystery of what’s inside the box.
BRAD THE BUILDER
Brad the builder was driving his truck when suddenly a tire popped! He slammed his truck to a stop and his tools went everywhere! He ran out of the truck in such a hurry that he can’t even remember where he put the key. Now the road is blocked and closed until he can clean up his mess and find his key to move the truck. The cars stuck in traffic are starting to get angry. Can you help Brad clean up his mess and get his truck out of the way?
THE GREAT BREAKOUT BAKEOFF
How exciting! We are on the Great Breakout Bakeoff show! We have limited time to bake a cake for the competition. We are at our table with all of the ingredients, a few pieces of papers, and only part of the directions. But the full recipe is in the box! We must use the clues to get in the box so we can start baking. Ready, set, go!
SHAPE TOWN
Once upon a time, there were two towns. One town was filled with flat shapes and the other town was filled with 3 dimensional shapes! The two towns did not get along, and never talked to one another. One day, an earthquake happened and it caused all of the shapes from the two towns to roll down the hill! When they rolled to the bottom, they didn’t know what to do! All of the shapes are now in one town. Shape town! Can you help the shapes learn to get along? Complete these 5 jobs to help the shapes get along!
