What was the last game you played? Video game, board game, world building game?In Game Logic: Level Up and Create Your Own Games with Science Activities for Kids, middle schoolers take on the world of games by figuring out what makes them challenging, fun, and addictive! Kids love games. Board games are still wildly popular, despite the profusion of video gaming devices that reach audiences as young as toddlerhood. World-building games such as Settlers of Catan and Dungeons & Dragons are played by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, both online and in living rooms, and gaming conferences occur around the globe, including hundreds in the United States alone. This makes gaming a perfect backdrop for learning new skills!This book takes kids on a journey to discover the history of games, and then leads them from their initial idea for a new game through several iterations of a game all the way to playing the final version of a game they created. Educators use games as a way to introduce logic, collaboration, and persistence in classrooms, and Game Logic is the perfect companion. Kids explore the processes of both playing and creating games while developing critical and creative thinking skills that apply to tasks and concepts across academic fields.Game Logic includes hands-on STEAM activities and critical thinking exercises related to games. Fun facts, links to online primary sources and other supplemental material, and essential questions encourage readers to dive deeper into the games they love to discover what makes them tick. Nomad Press books integrate content with participation. Common Core State Standards, the Next Generation Science Standards, and STEM Education all place project-based learning as key building blocks in education. Combining content with inquiry-based projects stimulates learning and makes it active and alive. Nomad's unique approach simultaneously grounds kids in factual knowledge while allowing them the space to be curious, creative, and critical thinkers.
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GAME LOGIC Level Up and Create Your Own Gameswith Science Activities for Kids
Angie SmibertIllustrated by Lena Chandhok
GAME LOGIC Level Up and Create Your Own Gameswith Science Activities for Kids
Angie SmibertIllustrated by Lena Chandhok
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TIMELINE
5000 BCE:. . . . . . . .The earliest form of dice are made of sheep knuckles.
2650 BCE:. . . . . . . .TheRoyal Game of Uris first played.
1323 BCE: . . . . . . . .King Tut is buried with four board games to keep him entertained in the afterlife.
1000 BCE:. . . . . . . .Weiqi (Go) becomes a popular game.
3000–1000 BCE: . . . .Mancala boards, which include rows of pits, are dug in dirt and carved in stone so people can play.
868 CE: . . . . . . . . . .The first mention of a card game is recorded in China as the “leaf game.”
1904:. . . . . . . . . . .Lizzie Magie patents theLandlord’s Game,an early version of the famous and popular game ofMonopoly.
1968:. . . . . . . . . . .Gen Con is founded and about 100 people attend this gaming conference.
1974: . . . . . . . . . . .Dungeons & Dragonsis first published by TSR.
1993: . . . . . . . . . . .Magic: The Gatheringis released by Wizards of the Coast.
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1978: . . . . . . . . . . .Spiel des Jahres is founded to reward excellence in game design.
1995:. . . . . . . . . . .Settlers of Catanis first published in Germany and becomes the first Germanstyle game to gain popularity outside of Europe.
1995:. . . . . . . . . . .Settlers of Catanwins the Spiel des Jahres.
2008:. . . . . . . . . . .Pandemic, a cooperative board game, is published and becomes one of the most successful cooperative games.
2009:. . . . . . . . . . .Kickstarter is launched, allowing people to raise money to develop games and other creative products.
2011: . . . . . . . . . . .Risk Legacyis published, a game that changes each time it’s played according to the outcome of the last game.
2015: . . . . . . . . . . .Pandemic Legacyis published, another game in which past outcomes carry over into future games.
2018:. . . . . . . . . . .Azul, a game based on Portuguese tiles, wins the Spiel des Jahres.
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WHAT IS A GAME?
Games ave been around since ancient times. Playing games seems to be a natural part o being uman! Weter you love te idea o working togeter in acooperativegame or te trill o competing against oter players, playing games is a pastime enjoyed on all te continents.
Have you ever wondered ow games are învented? Wo tînks up te twîsts and turns o a game oClueor te îgs and ows oUno? Wat’s beînd te decîsîons payers ave to make înDungeons & Dragons? No matter wat game ît îs, a ot o tînkîng, înventîng, and decîdîng went înto ît. To get rom an îdea or a game to a Inîsed product can take years! NTIAL QUESTION
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What is your favorite game to play? Why?
Let’s take a ook at ow one game desîgner made ît appen.
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WORDS TO KNOW
GAME LOGIC
cooperative:a game that requires players to work together. user experience:the experience of a person using a product. pandemic:the outbreak of disease when it spreads across more than one continent. Also the name of a game invented by Matt Leacock. license:to sell the right to publish to a publisher. The author typically gets royalties, or a percentage of the profits, from sales. war game:a game based on military experiences. hobby game:a specialty game played by people who are passionate about it. avid:eager and enthusiastic. morals:a person’s standards of behavior or beliefs. tactics:a carefully planned action or strategy to achieve something. prestigious:something inspiring respect and admiration.
Pandemic Legacy, a game by Matt Leacock and Rob Daviau credit: mrwynd (CC BY 2.0)
PANDEMIC
Sînce e was a kîd, desîgner Matt Leacock dreamed o pubîsîng îs own board games. He made îs own games as a obby trougout îg scoo and coege. Ater coege, e went to work or companîes suc as AOL and Yaoo, workîng to împrove user experienceon dîferent tecnoogîca products. He desîgned ots o coo tîngs—but e never orgot about games. ïn act, e kept desîgnîng tem on te sîde.
ïn 2000, Matt desîgned a game caedLunatix Loop. He prînted 200 copîes o ît on îs aser prînter and set up a boot at te German game îndustry sow caed Spîe. ïn 2007, Matt pîtced te îdea or a new game,Pandemic, to pubîsers. Pandemicîs a cooperatîve game about Igtîng outbreaks o dîsease and pandemics. Helicensedte game to Z-Man Games.
Pandemicas sod mîîons o copîes sînce ît came out în 2009, makîng ît one o te bestseîng modern board games. ït’s aso won many desîgn awards and înluenced ots o new games. Matt Leacock now desîgns games or a îvîng!
What Is a Game?
GAMES AND GOALS
Many tabetop games get teîr start tîs way. One or two peope ave an îdea, and tey învent a new board or card game.
Take a look at an interview with Matt Leacock at this website. It took Matt lots of tries to become successful!
Snakes Lattes Matt Leacock
Some înventors are drîven by boredom. For exampe, two bored rîends înventedTrivial Pursuiton a raîny aternoon. Anoter paîr o gamers came upwîtDungeons & Dragonsbecause tey were tîred o typîcawar games. And maybe a bored ? W Roman sodîer învented tîc-tac-toe. OHobby N Kgamesare ones Oter înventors want to teac sometîng Udesigned foravidwît teîr games. he creator o te orîgîna O Y gamers. Hobby games versîon oMonopolywanted to sow ow Dinclude roleplaying games, Igreedy andords coud be. he creator o Dcollectible card games, war Lifewanted to teacmorals! And peraps games, and some more an ancîent Cînese emperor înventedGoto complicated board teac îs son wîsdom—or at east mîîtary games. tactics.
The Spiel on Spiel In 1978, the Internationale Spieltage, or Spiel, opened its doors in Essen, Germany. Spiel is the biggest and mostprestigioustabletop game trade show in the world. During four days each October, game designers and publishers demonstrate and sell new board games, roleplaying games, and card games. More than 150,000 people attend Spiel each year to see what’s new in the world of games!