Project Energy Power Play
Power Play is an “escape room” style game where you must use your cunning and intellect to figure out the puzzles. But these puzzles can be tough to figure out! Most of the puzzles have little to no instructions on how to solve them. It’s up to you and your friends to analyze the puzzle and see if you can figure out what’s going on. Think hard, work together and do your best!
Puzzle #1
What players will see:
Explanation
This solution can be found by seeing that the first letter of the first word in each line of the poem is slightly larger than the rest of the letters. The students will see that each of the first letters will spell out the word ‘ENERGY.’
Hints
Hint #1: Looking for a 6-letter word…
Hint #2: I’d start with the poem on the notepad.
Hint #3: The first letter of each line will uncover the code.
Solution
Combination
Puzzle #2
What players will see:
Explanation
This solution can be found by figuring out that you should take note of the directions as you travel from location one through location six. Note: these are directions you would travel on the paper map (Up, Down, Left, Right) as opposed to the cardinal directions (North, South, East, West) that you would travel through the actual town.
Hints
Hint #1: There are six places we need to visit.
Hint #2: The map will help you see which direction to go.
Hint #3: When you work your way across town, the arrows will point you in the right direction.
Solution
Combination
Puzzle #3
What players will see:
Explanation
This solution can be found by putting the shapes on the turbines in date order, starting in January and then move throughout the year.
Hints
Hint #1: The first month of the year always begins with January.
Hint #2: The shapes on the turbines are the key.
Hint #3: Put the shapes and dates in order and you’re on your way!
Solution
Combination
Puzzle #4
What players will see:
Explanation
This solution can be found by figuring out that the green colored numbers in the energy source data are related to each of the green colored words in the chart. The green numbers should be entered in the order in which the corresponding word appears in the paragraph.
Hints
Hint #1:Some of the numbers on the clipboard are green.
Hint #2: Wind, solar, hydro, coal and natural gas are also green.
Hint #3: There is a connection between the energy source number and the energy source word if you put them in the right order.
Solution
Combination
Puzzle #5
What players will see:
Explanation
This solution can be found by figuring out that there is a relationship between the numbers in Sunny’s paragraph and the batteries of each color in the diagram. Take the numbers as they appear on Sunny’s paragraph: three, six, five, two and one. Then associate the number of each battery of each color. There are three orange batteries, six green batteries, five blue batteries, two yellow batteries and one purple battery. Enter the colors in the same order as their corresponding number appears in the paragraph.
Hints
Hint #1: The batteries are different colors.
Hint #2: There are different numbers of different colored batteries..
Hint #3: The spelled-out numbers match a number of batteries with a certain color.
Solution
Combination
