Fun Endocrine System Activity Escape Room Hormonal System

Description

Understanding key terms and the function of each part in the endocrine system (also called the hormonal system) is so crucial for understanding how the body works. Sometimes it can feel like hard work to engage students in reviewing key terms and consolidating their understanding. This engaging endocrine system activity escape room will keep your students engaged while also ensuring they are covering key science concepts and building crucial skills.

Having a comprehensive understanding of the endocrine system is essential for further studies in biology. This is a great way to engage students in a learning experience while reviewing key concepts.

Why use the endocrine system activity escape room?

1. It is zero prep! Just share the link with students and away they go!

2. It is a fun and engaging way for students to review content.

3. It builds student skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, and collaboration.

4. It can be used in a wide range of environments including in the classroom, online learning, homeschooling, and distance learning.

5. It is self-marking so students receive immediate feedback so its excellent as a review activity.

6. Full teacher answers included.

What is needed to access the hormonal system escape room?

Students just need access to a device with internet access. While the escape room uses a Google Form, students are not required to sign in so they don’t need an account to play.

What does the endocrine system escape room activity consist of?

The escape room style endocrine system review contains 8 tasks students must complete in order to ‘escape’.

Answers are entered into a Google Form (provided). The task cards are included digitally within the Google Form, but a print version ink-saver pdf is also included for you.

These tasks contain a range of challenges to engage students including a maze, ciphers and codes.

It is the perfect addition to your endocrine system unit!

What the endocrine system activity escape room covers:

This science escape room covers key vocabulary, parts of the endocrine system and the functions of the endocrine system to maintain homeostasis through hormone messages.

Who is this activity suitable for?

This activity is suitable for middle school students and high school students studying the human body systems in science.

You may also like the following escape rooms:

circulatory system, skeletal system, digestive system, respiratory system, nervous system, excretory system, reproductive systems.

Note: This digital escape room is designed to be a fun way to review and consolidate key terms for the endocrine / hormonal system in science. It is not designed to be a rigorous assessment of learning.

Note: Due to the nature of the form and privacy issues of students across multiple schools completing it, you won’t receive the results of students. Since it is self-marked and they can’t progress to the next level without getting the answer correct, this isn’t usually an issue. However, if you need to see that your students completed the task for accountability, after purchasing, please send me an email at katrina@theanimatedteacherblog.com and I will send you a form just for your class with the results spreadsheet.