Do your students have individual accounts? If you have a school-wide BrainPOP subscription, students will be able to use our SnapThought ® tool to play the game Outbreak Squad

SnapThought allows students to capture meaningful moments in their game play with opportunities for brief written reflection. Once students are logged in, the SnapThought tool will appear below any games that offer this capability.

During game play, students can click the SnapThought tool up to five times. A thumbnail, or “snapshot” is generated and stored on the bottom left of the screen.  At any point in the game, students can click their snapshot(s), type a brief reflection, which may be a response to an open-ended prompt, and save or submit to the teacher’s account for you to review and respond to.

You can use the SnapThought tool to facilitate discussion around game play and strategies, or have students submit their snapshots to you for assessment or accountability. Here are a few prompts for using the SnapThought tool in the game Outbreak Squad:

  • Take a snapshot of the squad member abilities list you select in the first round. How did you choose the combination of abilities? 
  • Take a snapshot after the squad members use their abilities. Was your combination effective? Why or why not?
  • Take a snapshot of the squad member abilities list you select in a later round. How did your process of selecting combinations of squad member abilities change as you played the game?
Filed as:  6-8, 9-12, Outbreak Squad