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Pandemics, Interconnected Systems
and Game-Based Learning
Matthew Farber
About Matthew Farber
I teach social studies at Valleyview Middle School, in Denville, New
Jersey. I hold a Master's Degree in Educational Technology from New
Jersey City University, where I am a Doctoral Candidate in Educational
Technology Leadership.
mattfarber1@gmail.com
@MatthewFarber
matthewfarber.com
Links: tinyurl.com/PandemicSPC
What Are Games?
Games Are SYSTEMS With Four
Interconnected Components
1. Goal
2. Rules (Constraints)
3. Components
4. Core Mechanics
5. Space (“The Magic Circle”)
A Game’s Core Mechanics Set a
System of Play in Motion
 Core Mechanics are what you do over and over in a
game.
 Examples:
 Arguing
 Trading
 Voting
 Exploring
 Jumping
 Guessing
 Role-Playing
 Resource management (time is a resource)
 Press your luck
Systems in Science
Systems in ELA
Spread of the Black Death through Afro-Eurasia
Systems in History
The Challenge:
How to Make This
Interesting to a Kid?!
Using Pandemics to Teach
the Columbian Exchange
Flip the Learning
Game Jam
Meso-American
Trading Cards
Modeled After
Trading Card Games
Student-Created Games
Student-Created Games
Student-Created Games
Student-Created Games
Student-Created Games
Next, Students Master
SimCityEDU’s Systems
SimCityEDU
GlassLab Games’ Reports
Formative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Boss Level
Incas,
Meet the Conquistadors
PBS Learning Multimedia
Pox: Save the People
Pox: Save the People
Pandemic:
The Cooperative Board Game
Rules
Pandemic’s Cards
Pandemic’s Roles
You kind of turn everyone into superheroes.
--Matt Leacock
Pandemic’s Roles
Pandemic’s Roles
Pandemic Parties
Plague, Inc.
Plague, Inc.’s Ebola Appeal
mattfarber1@gmail.com
@MatthewFarber
matthewfarber.com
Links: tinyurl.com/PandemicSPC
THANK YOU!

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