Attention, my Astronaut friends, are you ready to explore beyond the confines of our Solar System? Are you ready to find out what’s really out there? Well, in order to do that, you must first show you have the necessary skills and knowledge to beat the gravity and push yourself, and your crew, into Interstellar Space! 
In this Escape Room Challenge, you will join with your crew of fellow astronauts to try and solve the riddles, problems, and complete the tasks in order to gain the keys to escape each area of the Solar System! The teams that enter Interstellar Space win an amazing Space Badge, which is the envy of all future astronauts & space travelers! 
Use your understanding of our place in space & our space neighborhood, the Sun, the planets, and the various regions found all around us in our Solar System to answer & solve each new problem & complete the tasks in order to find the precious keys. Each key allows you and your team of fellow classmates (astronauts) to enter a new region of space, escaping from the magnificent gravity holding you back from your exploration of interstellar space!
1.	Students will use their knowledge about our Solar System to escape the gravity of the Sun & the 8 main planets, in order to unlock the four different regions of space (escape rooms), as they strive to escape the Solar System & travel into interstellar space
2.	Students will complete various tasks, puzzles, and find missing words using codes, as they unlock each key, which opens up a new region of our Solar System they must work together to escape from.
3.	*At each level, once they have found the “key” they will be rewarded with another space challenge, as their ship speeds off to explore this newly gained region (escape room) of our Solar System.
*Students will be considered “astronauts” during this escape room. They will be placed with at least one other astronaut, and will be encouraged to work with their crew of astronauts, encouraging collaboration, synergy, problem-solving, and teamwork as they strive to find each code word. 
Join us, my astronaut friend, on this amazing Escape Room Challenge-Escape The Solar System!
*Space Mission: Astronomy, Astronauts, & Exploration Course is recommended, but not required. Here is the link for that course:
Ages 6-9:  https://outschool.com/classes/space-mission-astronomy-astronauts-and-exploration-kW3IrO7Q?sectionUid=050c9461-61b3-4630-a7e8-d53bdc7953eb&showDetails=true