Pi Day Escape Room for Grades 2-5: The Case of the Missing Pi Banner Classroom Edition | Printable Team Puzzle Activity

The class worked hard on a giant π banner — and this morning it is missing. Only a trail of digit cards and a coded note remain. Your students become Pi Detectives. Each team solves 7 short puzzles. Every puzzle gives a clue word, and the first letters of the clue words spell out where the banner went. Happy ending; nobody is in trouble.

Built for a class of 20-30 students in 5-7 teams of 3-5, one 45-60 minute period. Packet mode or station mode (rotation plan included).

What students practice (honest; not formally aligned to any state or Common Core standard):

- Recognizing early digits of π and mapping numbers to letters

- Radius, diameter, and simple circle/pie measures

- Equal hops / simple fractions on a path

- Making pairs that sum to 31 (3 and 1 from π)

- Finding numbers in a grid, spelling, and teamwork

You get (23 pages): teacher guide, station rotation plan, 7 station sheets, team record sheet, 7 student puzzles, ending + banner/certificate, hint cards, answer key, terms.