Chemistry Lockdown · Escape rooms

Three labs.All locked.

Pick your room. One device per team runs the terminal, and the puzzles are on paper. Crack each door, collect its key digit, then enter the master code to get out.

3rooms

5 to 7doors a room

0/3escaped on this device

Pick your room

3 rooms

01Sealed

Chemistry Lockdown

Fourths · the whole course

A reaction has run hot and the safety system has sealed the doors. Particles, bonding, reactivity, rusting, rates of reaction, separating mixtures and chromatography.

40 min5, 6 or 7 doors

Open the terminal

Printouts9 PDFs

SafeSet A Set B
StandardSet A Set B
MeltdownSet A Set B
Booklet, all levelsSet A Set B
Beyond challengesA front, B backPDF

02Sealed

Chemistry Lockdown

Lower Fifth

The same sealed lab, one year on. Periodic table, chemical tests, salt preparation, reacting masses, titration and organic chemistry.

40 min5, 6 or 7 doors

Open the terminal

Printouts9 PDFs

SafeSet A Set B
StandardSet A Set B
MeltdownSet A Set B
Booklet, all levelsSet A Set B
Final challengesfor teams out earlyPDF

03Sealed

Separation

Fourths · with a practical

A sample has been switched and the lab has locked itself down. A real filtration practical opens the first door. Then distillation, crystallisation, chromatography and a forensic case.

60 min5, 6 or 7 doorsBring a ruler

Open the terminal

Printouts11 PDFs

SafeSet A Set B
StandardSet A Set B
MeltdownSet A Set B
Booklet, all levelsSet A Set B
Detour sheetSet A Set B
Beyond challengesA front, B backPDF

HOW

How a lockdown runs

For your team

Open the terminal on one device. Pick your level, then tap the set letter printed on the front of your pack.
Crack the door on paper. Every door has a matching page in your pack. Work it out and build its code.
Type the code into the terminal. The door opens and gives you a key digit. Write it down.
Enter the master code. Your key digits, put together, open the exit.

Choose your level

SafeGentler puzzles. A hint is always one tap away.5 doors
StandardThe full challenge. Hints appear after wrong tries.6 doors
MeltdownBrutal. Harder doors, and the master code runs backwards.7 doors

Teachers: print packs at 100% scale so the chromatograms measure correctly. Sets A and B carry different numbers, so seat neighbours on different sets. Answer keys and practical code slips are kept off this site.