Activity Overview
This is the first activity of five that form an escape room, focusing on prime numbers, factors, highest common factor, lowest common multiple and more. Are you ready for an adventure? Are you up to the challenge?
Watch the Introduction
Objectives
Students use the sieve of Eratosthenes to identify all the prime numbers less than 150. Students see how efficient the sieve process is for this task. As students complete the worksheet it will reveal a hidden clue, a link to a hidden video, the next room in this escape room challenge.
Vocabulary
- Sieve Eratosthenes
- Prime Number
- Composite Number
About the Lesson
The prime vault escape room series is not designed to teach students the skills and concepts, rather an opportunity to engage in spaced retrieval, a well-researched way to improve memory retention. The activity is engaging, novel and incorporates skills and problem solving.