BreakoutEdu lock rings

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This is a management tool designed for use with BreakoutEDU kits or similar lock-out games. Many teachers utilize a "ticket" system that involves paper tickets and a complex chart to track multiple groups using one break out box. I found it extremely challenging to facilitate the breakout while managing the lock progress simultaneously. This puts the tracking in the hands of students or makes it easy for an assistant or parent helper. I created these color-coded "lock rings" to be placed on the lock shackle. I assign a color to each group and print one set of lock rings in each assigned color. (I typically have 30-36 students in a class, running six groups of five to six students per group; my colors are ROYGBP.) I place one color-coded ring per group on the corresponding shackle. When a group successfully opens one of the locks, they can retrieve their color ring and place it on the corresponding spot on their group's "Lock Tracking Placemat." The set includes: 1 triangle for the 3-digit lock 1 square for the 4-digit lock 2 pentagons for 5-digit multi-locks that can be words or directions 2 arrows for direction locks 1 key for the key lock Make it yours: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/lWpB7L6DfiY-breakoutedu-lock-rings The extra red key shown on the tracking placemat was printed from mbridges' thing: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1533742. I use these to hide a "dummy" key for each group. Once they find the key, they bring it to me and I give them a ring of real keys to try. Link to Tracking placemat for Red, Orange, Yellow: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/13tl-Cv0xqxWQ7Evo9Dv5FIToFd5HsffjNCA8uhlJx3s/edit?usp=sharing Link to Tracking placemat for Green, Blue, Purple: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1kZm_f1QoFQxxhxOIeQOmOz3YkeaF8TwKWypF_ZXuT3I/edit?usp=sharing