Unlock Minecraft’s powerful potential as a teaching tool with these engaging in-world and real-world activities for kids!
Written by two experienced educators who have successfully used Minecraft in their classrooms,
Ultimate Unofficial Minecraft Challenge teams in-game builds and other projects with out-of-game, hands-on activities to create fun adventures in learning.
Adapted from the authors’ popular and well-reviewed
Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids and
Unofficial Minecraft STEM Lab for Kids,
Ultimate Unofficial Minecraft Challenge offers a series of exciting “labs” or lessons across a range of subjects, including STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), art, culture, and history.
- Create shadow puppets to perform a scene from a favorite story, then recreate and animate a movie scene using Minecraft.
- Grow crystals using a super-saturated salt solution, then build a crystal castle in-game.
- Fold and fly paper airplanes, then let your imagination run wild while crafting airships in Minecraft.
- Concoct glow-in-the-dark goo, then set up a colorful light spectrum in-game using beacons.
- And more!
Kids ages 7 to 11 and their families will especially enjoy this fun and unique approach to learning about Minecraft as an educational tool and working on art and craft activities or STEM experiments together.
Table of Content
Introduction
What Can Minecraft Teach?
Minecraft in Schools
How to Use This Book
Minecraft Basics
Sharing Labs and Quests
The Minecraft Skill Set
Quest 1
Using Your Inventory
LAB 1 Do You Mine?
LAB 2 It’s Electric!
LAB 3 Setting a Trap
LAB 4 Fire When Ready!
Quest 2
Pistons, Rails & Redstone
LAB 5 Redstone Laboratory
LAB 6 All Aboard
LAB 7 Gravity Impact
LAB 8 Piston Power
Quest 3
Creative Thinking
LAB 9 Grow a Garden
LAB 10 Flying Machine
LAB 11 Creating Figures
LAB 12 Setting the Stage
Quest 4
Construction Zone
LAB 13 Map Maker
LAB 14 Let There Be Light
LAB 15 Crystals
LAB 16 Catch a Wave
Quest 5
Cycles in Science
LAB 17 Egg Farm
LAB 18 Build a Battery
LAB 19 Create an Ecosystem
LAB 20 Quantum Physics
Quest 6
Engineering Challenge
LAB 21 Code Your Commands
LAB 22 Chain Reaction Contraption
LAB 23 Pocket Solar System
LAB 24 Under the Sea
Extras
Lab Connections to STEM
Classroom Standards
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Index
About the author
Chris Fornell Scott is the executive director of Woven Learning and Technology, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers engaging, hands-on workshops for underserved youth. Passionate about empowering young minds, Chris is dedicated to inspiring a love for learning and providing opportunities for kids from diverse backgrounds. Outside of his professional role, Chris is a loving husband and proud father of three teenage boys. He loves the ocean and is always eager to learn new things, continually seeking ways to grow and expand his horizons. He is the co-author of Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids and Unofficial Minecraft STEM Lab for Kids. He lives in Tustin, California.
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