Transcribe to Survive uses a tabletop escape room approach to introduce or reinforce understanding of transcription, translation and protein structure and function. Students collaborate to encode and decode information stored in DNA, RNA and proteins to unlock boxes and catch a villain.

Comic book villain Dr. Mercer is modifying bacteria to produce deadly protein poisons. Students must work together to explore, find patterns and solve a variety of puzzles to advance a narrative and ultimately escape the evil clutches of Dr. Mercer before time runs out.

Transcribe to Survive uses a tabletop escape room approach to introduce or reinforce understanding of transcription, translation and protein structure and function.

Curricular Competency

• Applied genetics and ethical considerations
• DNA: replication and gene expression
• Proteins and their relationship to the structure and function of all cells
• Genomics and biotechnology

Curricular Content

• Questioning and predicting
• Communicating
• Processing and analyzing data information

It is now an available classroom workshop in Genome BC's website.

Read more about the project in greater detail here.