Order of Operations Christmas Digital Escape Room

Inside the case file

Lock the lesson and hand over a link. Your students step into a festive Christmas adventure where every locked door hides an order of operations challenge. Solve it, reveal the code, and unlock your way to the exit before the holidays.

It's a no-prep, self-checking review game that runs in any browser — no apps, no logins, no printing. Just send the link and let them race the clock.

Quick details

• Grade levels: 4-7
• Format: Interactive, browser-based digital escape room
• Resource type: No-prep, self-checking review game
• Skill focus: Order of operations
• Tech needed: Any device with a web browser

The mission

The holiday lights won't switch on until each expression is solved in the right order. Work through the operations step by step, collect the codes, and light up the town before Christmas Eve.

How the escape room works

• Open the private link — no app or login required.
• Work through a series of animated order of operations challenges.
• Each correct answer reveals a code that unlocks the next room.
• Wrong answers won't open the lock, so the room checks itself.
• Crack the final code to escape and win.

What's included

• An interactive escape room hosted on a private site — animated, with randomized answers for replayability.
• No Boom Cards, Google Slides, logins, or subscriptions.
• A PDF containing your private access link to share via Google Classroom, email, or any LMS.

Skills covered

• Applying the order of operations (PEMDAS/BODMAS)
• Evaluating multi-step numerical expressions
• Working with parentheses, exponents, and the four operations

Best used for

Holiday math centers, tech time, early finishers, sub plans, homeschool, test prep, review days, and distance learning.