I’ve started using escape games as an incentive in my classroom. Our first one of the year was Jurassic Park themed and everyone was allowed to participate. They LOVED IT! We’ve had several since then, and to participate, students had to have completed and turned in all missing work (no 0’s). I’ve seen incredible gains in participation in classwork, and improvement on scores on learning checks. In early October (after the first grading period), I had 15 students failing. At Christmas (after the second grading term), I only have two students failing my class. The content in the second grading period is substantially harder than the first, so that makes it even more evident that this incentive is having an impact on instruction. I will post comparisons to last year’s students after our next grading period, which should be around March 17 (barring more school missed for bad weather). Enjoy the pictures of my Jurassic Park escape!