Grades 6–8
Cipher Escape Room
Solve each door’s code to unlock the next. Use the cipher wheel and hints if you get stuck.
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Door 1: The Mirror Lock
A note is taped to the first door. It looks like it was written backwards…
YEK EHT DNIF
What this game teaches
- How simple ciphers hide messages
- Why modern encryption uses keys
- Patience and pattern-spotting
Play together
- Work the cipher wheel together — one turns, one reads.
- Write the alphabet on paper to check answers.
- Invent your own secret family code.
Want more? This game comes from Cybersecurity Pathway: Cyber Explorers
See the program A safe, engaging entry into cybersecurity: ethics, identity, phishing, networking, Linux, cryptography and a beginner capture-the-flag.