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As students get older, their natural curiosity in mathematics seems to decrease. They start wondering more about why they need to learn something and demand an answer before they will engage with the material. Escape room style activities provide students an opportunity to use the mathematics they have learned while seeing where this math is used outside of school. The Arduino sensors and micro controllers will provide new and exciting aspects to what is already a popular review activity. Solving math problems to open locks has been a great tool to engage my students. However, students need fresh activities and surprises to keep them interested. I have already put together a space-themed escape room for our Conic Section Unit in Pre-Calculus. In it, students play the role of a stranded space explorer who is trying to find and repair his spacecraft. The local inhabitants try to provide assistance; however, their aid only comes in the form of mathematical puzzles. Adding the weight sensors will provide an excellent finish for the activity. Students will determine which tools are needed to fix the space craft. Placing the correct items on the weight sensor will trigger a surprise ending. We do multiple escape room style activities a year and the variety of requested Arduino sensors will exponentially increase the creativity of the projects and the interest of the students.

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As students get older, their natural curiosity in mathematics seems to decrease. They start wondering more about why they need to learn something and demand an answer before they will engage with the material. Escape room style activities provide students an opportunity to use the mathematics they have learned while seeing where this math is used outside of school. The Arduino sensors and micro controllers will provide new and exciting aspects to what is already a popular review activity. Solving math problems to open locks has been a great tool to engage my students. However, students need fresh activities and surprises to keep them interested. I have already put together a space-themed escape room for our Conic Section Unit in Pre-Calculus. In it, students play the role of a stranded space explorer who is trying to find and repair his spacecraft. The local inhabitants try to provide assistance; however, their aid only comes in the form of mathematical puzzles. Adding the weight sensors will provide an excellent finish for the activity. Students will determine which tools are needed to fix the space craft. Placing the correct items on the weight sensor will trigger a surprise ending. We do multiple escape room style activities a year and the variety of requested Arduino sensors will exponentially increase the creativity of the projects and the interest of the students.

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