Trek across the world's most beautiful National Parks in this ongoing escape room challenge!

In this course, students will participate in an escape room challenge as we travel virtually to one National Park around the world each week. Some of the things students will learn are where each is located in the world, interesting features in the park, which plants and animals thrive there, along with other interesting facts. In addition, students will learn interesting details about the geography and geology of the areas we cover in this course. As we travel virtually, this class will be presented in a lecture format and  students will watch a series of video clips and answer questions along the way via our challenge. Students are able to work together as a team as we make our way through these lessons. The challenge is designed to get students to listen closely to the content and to think critically about the answers. 

This class is presented in Nearpod and I will screen share the content so that students do not have to create an account. Some students prefer to bring along a notepad to jot down some of the content along the way so that they can remember details as we make our way through each park. 

We will cover the following National Parks around the world.

Week of June 5: Etoshia National Park, Namibia
Week of June 12: Grand Canyon National Park, United States
Week of June 19: Goreme National Park, Turkey
Week of June 26: Jim Corbett National Park, India
Week of July 3: Arcipelago di La Maddalena National Park, Italy
Week of July 10: Yellowstone National Park, United States
Week of July 17: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Week of July 24: Dolomiti Bellunisi National Park, Italy
Week of July 31: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Week of August 7: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China
Week of August 14: Cat Ba National Park, Vietnam
Week of August 21: Mount Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania
Week of August 28: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Week of September 4: Victoria Falls National Park, Zimbabwe
Week of September 11: Zhangye National Park, China
Week of September 18: Ao Phang Nga National Park, Thailand
Week of September 25: Reunion National Park, France
Week of October 2: Pribaikalsky National Park, Russia
Week of October 9: Ranthambore National Park, India
Week of October 16: Fuji Hakone Izu National Park, Japan
Week of October 23: Lencois Maranhenses National Park, Brazil
Week of October 30: Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, Indonesia
Week of November 6: Altyn-Emel National Park, Kazakhstan
Week of November 13: Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia
Week of November 20: Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, Mongolia
Week of November 27: Chitwan National Park, Nepal
Week of December 4: Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park, Spain
Week of December 11: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, United States
Week of December 18: Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
Week of December 25: Denali National Park and Preserve, United States
Week of January 1: Calanques National Park, France
Week of January 8: Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
Week of January 15: Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
Week of January 22: Bryce Canyon National Park, United States
Week of January 29: Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czech Republic
Week of February 5: Oulanka National Park, Finland
Week of February 12: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, United States
Week of February 19: Hemis National Park, India
Week of February 26: Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy
Week of March 5: Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa
Week of March 12: Salonga National Park, The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Week of March 19: Sequoia National Park, United States
Week of March 26: Vanoise National Park, France
Week of April 2: Jostedalsbreen National Park, Norway
Week of April 9: Peneda -Geres National Park, Portugal
Week of April 16: Triglav National Park, Slovenia
Week of April 23: Timanfaya National Park, Spain
Week of April 30: Everglades National Park, United States
Week of May 7: Berchtesgaden National Park, Germany
Week of May 14: Sierra Nevada National Park, Spain
Week of May 21: Abisko National Park, Sweden
Week of May 28: Masada National Park, Israel
Week of June 4: Lake District National Park, United Kingdom
Week of June 11: Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia
Week of June 18: Jasper National Park, Canada
Week of June 25: Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica
Week of July 2: Tikal National Park, Guatemala
Week of July 9: Tulum National Park, Mexico
Week of July 16: Maasai Mara National Park, Kenya
Week of July 23: Grand Teton National Park, United States
Week of July 30: Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia
Week of August 6: Teide National Park, Spain
Week of August 13: Yosemite National Park, United States
Week of August 20: Fjordland National Park, New Zealand
Week of August 27: Krka National Park, Croatia
Week of September 3: Pyrenees National Park, France
Week of September 10: Whitsunday Islands National Park, Australia
Week of September 17: Olympic National Park, United States
Week of September 24: Killarney National Park, Ireland
Week of October 1: Thingvellir National Park, Iceland
Week of October 8: Tongariro National Park, New Zealand
Week of October 15: Zion National Park, United States
Week of October 22: Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina
Week of October 29: Ecrins National Park, France
Week of November 5: Nahuel Huapi National Park, Argentina
Week of November 12: Amboro National Park, Bolivia
Week of November 19: Iguazu Falls National Park, Brazil
Week of November 26: Joshua Tree National Park, United States
Week of December 3: Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
Week of December 10: Tayrona National Park, Columbia
Week of December 17: Galapagos National Park, Ecuador
Week of December 24: Huascaran National Park, Peru
Week of December 31: Canaima National Park, Venezuela
Week of January 7: Acadia National Park, United States
Week of January 14: Kakadu National Park, Australia
Week of January 21: Banff National Park, Canada
Week of January 28: Death Valley National Park, United States
Week of February 4: Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand
Week of February 11: Blue Mountains National Park, Australia
Week of February 18: Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica
Week of February 25: Muir Woods National Park, United States
Week of March 3: Cinque Terre National Park, Italy
Week of March 10: Rocky Mountain National Park, United States
Week of March 17: Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar
Week of March 24: Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia
Week of March 31: Vatnajokull National Park, Iceland
Week of April 7: Tatra National Park, Poland
Week of April 14: Durmitor National Park, Montenegro
Week of April 21: Arches National Park, United States
Week of April 28: Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Students may bring along a journal, if they wish, to make notes about all of the places we visit throughout the course. As with all ongoing classes, students can jump in and out of class as needed. 

Escape room challenges build critical thinking skills, are great as memory building classes, provide the ability to work as a team, and build confidence as students work through the questions. 

I am looking forward to a fun adventure as we make our way around the world's national parks.