Plague Inc. Teacher Review | Common Sense Education

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Teacher Review for Plague Inc.

Laura S.
Director, Educational Technology

My Grades Pre-K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

My Subjects English Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies

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My Students Liked It Yes

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Setup Time 5-15 minutes

Great for Individual

Great with Advanced learners

How I Use It

I would use this app as a hook for a high school science class. When teaching communicable diseases, it can be hard to fathom how disease travels around the world. This app would be a way to provide a visual, interactive method to see the different factors that go in to spread. I would only use it for a max of one class period. The app can take multiple days depending on the settings.

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There are a lot of people who don't want to use this app because the focus is to create a bacteria/virus that will wipe out the world. However, it's a great hook for a unit on the spread of viruses. Students quickly understand how different factors can impede or help the spread of disease. I would only use it with advanced high school students.

Although your goal is to kill the world, it does present some interesting science concepts.

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