Exponents Safari Escape Room – Interactive Maths Adventure
- Year levels
- Years 6–8
- Pages
- 40
- File type
- Answer key
- Included
- Subject
- Algebra, Maths
- Topic
- Matemaths, Exponents
- Resource types
- Quizzes, Games, Worksheets
- Answer key
- Included
- Australian Curriculum content descriptions
- AC9M8N02 — establish
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About this resource
Take your students on a global maths safari with this exciting digital escape room activity for exponents! As they travel across Africa, Asia, South America, and Australia, students complete challenging exponent problems in order to pursue wildlife and unlock each destination. With 40 self-scoring problems and an inspiring travel theme, this activity gets practising exponent rules fun and relevant!
How It Works
Students begin their journey by responding to exponent questions at every destination. After they finish the set successfully, they unlock the next exotic animal destination. By the end of the journey, they will have utilised all of the important exponent skills as they journey around the globe.
They will travel and track:
Elephant (Africa)
Tiger (Asia)
Macaw (South America)
Kangaroo (Australia)
What's Included:
40 Exponent Questions (4 sets of 10) of:
Evaluating powers
Simplifying using the Product Rule
Simplifying with the Quotient & Power Rules
Mixed exponent expressions
Self-Checking Drag-and-Drop Format – engaging and interactive
Printable Worksheet – great for additional practice or differentiation
Answer Key – saves time marking or reviewing
Special Feature – Autosave & Resume
Students can pause and return later! If they open the activity on the same device and browser, a "Continue" button lets them begin where they stopped—no work lost.
Skills Covered:
Comparing powers with whole-number exponents
Using the Product Rule
Using the Quotient Rule
Using the Power Rule
Simplifying expressions with mixed exponents
Perfect For:
Year 6 & 8 Maths
Maths centres or stations
Digital learning days
Spiral review or test prep
Cover lessons or enrichment activities
Why Teachers & Students Love It:
Interactive Global Theme – makes review an adventure
Interactive & Self-Checking – instant feedback keeps students engaged
Flexible & No Prep – use digitally or with printables in minutes
Differentiation Ready – includes both interactive and printable versions
Transform exponent practice into a worldwide safari adventure! Students will love tracking animals while building fluency, and you’ll love how easy and effective this activity is to implement.
Add to your cart today and make exponents exciting in your classroom!
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Write prime factorisations using exponents
Multiply and divide powers with the same base
Simplify a power raised to a power
Teaching tips
The escape room runs online, so students need a device with internet access; the printable pages work without it.
Skills covered
Applying exponent rules — students simplify products, quotients and powers of powers with the same base
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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
- AC9M8N02 — establish and apply the exponent laws with positive integer exponents and the zero-exponent, using exponent notation with numbers
Core concepts
Core concepts
Exponents (indices)
Prime factorisation
Multiplying powers
Dividing powers
Power of a power
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