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.
