Can You Escape 'da Vinci's Curse'? A Chemistry Escape Room for Skills Consolidation
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| Title: | Can You Escape 'da Vinci's Curse'? A Chemistry Escape Room for Skills Consolidation |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Anna Bertram (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal of Chemical Education. 2025 102(4):1572-1581. |
| Availability: | Division of Chemical Education, Inc. and ACS Publications Division of the American Chemical Society. 1155 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 800-227-5558; Tel: 202-872-4600; e-mail: eic@jce.acs.org; Web site: http://pubs.acs.org/jchemeduc |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 10 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Educational Games, Science Education, Chemistry, Skill Development, Science Laboratories, Laboratory Training, Science Process Skills, Puzzles, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Laboratory Procedures, Laboratory Equipment, Learner Engagement, Cooperative Learning, Transfer of Training, Employment Potential |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c01522 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9584 1938-1328 |
| Abstract: | We present the development and evaluation of "da Vinci's Curse", a chemistry escape room experience designed to consolidate laboratory skills in a fun and interactive setting. Inspired by the maestro, Leonardo da Vinci, the escape room challenges students to complete a series of puzzles in teams to escape "da Vinci's Curse". Guided in their journey by instructional riddles from da Vinci himself, these puzzles focus on practical laboratory techniques including liquid-liquid extraction, acid-base behavior of functional groups, infrared spectroscopy, and thin-layer chromatography. Evaluation of the effectiveness of "da Vinci's Curse" by a Likert methodology found that student confidence in a range of key laboratory, transferable, and employability skills increased significantly and that students enjoyed the experience of working with others in the laboratory. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1466919 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | We present the development and evaluation of "da Vinci's Curse", a chemistry escape room experience designed to consolidate laboratory skills in a fun and interactive setting. Inspired by the maestro, Leonardo da Vinci, the escape room challenges students to complete a series of puzzles in teams to escape "da Vinci's Curse". Guided in their journey by instructional riddles from da Vinci himself, these puzzles focus on practical laboratory techniques including liquid-liquid extraction, acid-base behavior of functional groups, infrared spectroscopy, and thin-layer chromatography. Evaluation of the effectiveness of "da Vinci's Curse" by a Likert methodology found that student confidence in a range of key laboratory, transferable, and employability skills increased significantly and that students enjoyed the experience of working with others in the laboratory. |
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| ISSN: | 0021-9584 1938-1328 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c01522 |
