RT journal article
T1 Escape ClassRoom: Can You Solve a Crime Using the Analytical Process?
A1 Ferreiro González, Marta
A1 Amores Arrocha, Antonio
A1 Espada Bellido, Estrella
A1 Aliaño González, María José
A1 Vázquez Espinosa, Mercedes
A1 Velasco González de Peredo, Ana
A1 Sancho Galán, Pau
A1 Álvarez Saura, José Ángel
A1 Fernández Barbero, Gerardo
A1 Cejudo Bastante, Cris
A2 Ingeniería Química y Tecnología de Alimentos
A2 Química Analítica
A2 Química Física
K1 Upper-Division Undergraduate
K1 Analytical Chemistry
K1 Collaborative/Cooperative Learning
K1 Humor/Puzzles/Games
K1 Inquiry-Based/Discovery Learning
K1 Problem Solving/Decision Making
K1 Applications of Chemistry
K1 Forensic Chemistry
AB Escape ClassRoom “CSI 1.0” is an educational escape room proposed as an interactive analytical chemistry exercise for the evaluation of undergraduate students at the end of the subject. This approach is a new form of live action learning activity in which the students have to solve an analytical problem, namely, “an alleged crime”. From this initial hypothesis, they have to investigate the crime by playing the role of trainee forensic chemists. As in any escape room, Escape ClassRoom “CSI 1.0” is a logical game in which the main objective is to discover several clues, to find hidden objects, and to solve a mystery in order to escape a “locked” room in an established time. The students play the role of forensic scientists and solve the alleged crime by following the scientific method in order to escape. To do so, they have to apply the whole analytical process from beginning to end, i.e., from a correct sampling at the crime scene, through the analysis of sample and data treatment until the interpretation of the results to validate the initial hypothesis: a murder has been committed. If it has, then who did it? The students’ knowledge in analytical chemistry and the teamwork are the only tools that they have to solve all of the riddles and uncover hidden messages to “win” while time is running out. This first experience showed the potential of an escape room to be used as an innovative educational tool easily applicable to other subjects.
PB ACS Publications
SN 1938-1328
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/36272
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/36272
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 05-nov-2026