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Can You Solve the Jail Break Riddle? Instructional VideoCan You Solve the Jail Break Riddle? Instructional Video
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6th - 12th
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Can You Solve the Jail Break Riddle?

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How can you accurately measure 45 seconds with two 60-second fuses and a lighter? A video takes learners through a logic puzzle that helps a bank robber break out of jail before the electric fence comes on.

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Concepts

riddles, logical reasoning

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Assign the link on class devices for students who have finished their work early
  • Use as a warm-up activity before a lesson on measurement

Classroom Considerations

  • Video provides a riddle summary at 1:26; pause there if you want to continue to solve before hearing the solution
  • Riddle is complex and struggling readers may require some adult assistance

Pros

  • Animations make the riddle engaging
  • Provides links to additional riddles of varying difficulty

Cons

  • None

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