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Minecraft Education Lesson Library

Minecraft Education Lesson Library This lesson library contains all the resources you need to run various lessons with your students. From lesson plans and teacher preparation videos to student "paus

Gr. K–1278 resources

Included Resources (78)

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Minecraft Education - Tomatosphere™ Adventure

Investigate the effects of outer space on seed germination with your class. Tomatosphere™ is a hands-on program that builds scientific inquiry and experimentation skills.

Gr. 4–9en

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Minecraft Education - Novel Study

This lesson will help you integrate Minecraft Education activities to supplement your current novel study unit.

Gr. 4–6en

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Minecraft Education - Human Body

In this lesson, students will learn how to integrate Minecraft Education activities to supplement your current Human Body unit.

Gr. 4–8en

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Minecraft Education - Fractions, Decimals & Coding in Math

In this lesson, students will learn how to integrate Minecraft Education activities to supplement the current Fractions & Decimals unit and show how coding can be integrated in math.

Gr. 4–6en

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Minecraft Education - Dig into Geology

In this lesson, students will learn how to integrate Minecraft Education activities to supplement cross curricular activities for Science units on geology and social studies units on geography to understand how rocks and landforms are formed over time.

Gr. 4–8en

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Minecraft Education - Coding with Minecraft

In this lesson, students will explore 5 essential computer science lessons that not only help develop the ability to code, but also enhance problem solving and creativity.

Gr. 2–3en

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Minecraft Education - Coding in Minecraft

In this lesson, students will explore 5 essential computer science lessons that not only help develop the ability to code, but also enhance problem-solving and creativity.

Gr. 6–8en

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Minecraft Education - Changemakers of Canadian History

In this lesson, students will explore three impactful parts of Canadian History (the Canadian Pacific Railway, Viola Desmond, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission).

Gr. 4–8en

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Minecraft Education - Biodiversity and Conservation

In this lesson, students will integrate Minecraft Education activities to supplement your Science units on ecosystems, habitats, or biodiversity.

Gr. 4–8en

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Minecraft: City Planning - Survival Roads

In this lesson, students will build roads that are 0.2 kilometers long and write equations to figure out how many blocks they will need.

Gr. 5–8en

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Minecraft: Subtraction World

In this lesson, students will begin to explore the mathematical operation "subtraction" in a wonderful Minecraft World divided into three large zones.

Gr. K–6en

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Minecraft: Pixel Selfies

In this lesson, students will use Minecraft blocks as “pixels” to produce pixel art versions of themselves, portrait or full body.

Gr. 1–6en

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Minecraft: Algebra Architecture

In this lesson, students will begin to identify arithmetic patterns, including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table, and explain them using properties of operations.

Gr. 1–6en

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Minecraft: Fairy Tale Reimagined

In this lesson, students will use Minecraft tools to recreate a fairy tale.

Gr. 1–6en

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Minecraft: Building Word Problems

In this lesson, students will use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

Gr. 1–6en

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Minecraft: Javelin Line Plots

Description In this lesson, students will engage in a javelin throwing competition in Minecraft, plotting the distances and scores on line plot graphs in the game. Objectives Collect data by throwing

Gr. 1–7en

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Minecraft: Fractions Pixel Art

In this lesson, students will design a pixel art image then break down the colours into fractions, discuss number patterns & unit fractions, and build the designs in Minecraft.

Gr. 1–6en

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Minecraft: Area and Volume

In this lesson, students will use Minecraft to create and solve problems involving area and volume.

Gr. 1–7en

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Minecraft: The Four Little Pigs - Structure Activity

In this lesson, students will complete a challenge to examine the houses of the three little pigs, and then build a house for a fourth little pig using better, stronger materials that will be more durable against external forces.

Gr. 1–6en

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Minecraft: Measuring Landforms

In this lesson, students will be able to create a unit of measurement and find the size of different landforms in Minecraft.

Gr. 1–6en

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Minecraft: Fractions Steeplechase

In this lesson, students will understand that fractions are like a number on the number line and how to represent fractions on a number line diagram.

Gr. 1–6en

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Minecraft: Making Homes - Part 1

In this lesson, students will design a prototype of a home and calculate the area and perimeter of it.

Gr. 1–6en

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Minecraft: Decimal Fraction Garden

In this lesson, students will demonstrate understanding a fractional and decimal relationships using a 10 x 10 garden.

Gr. 1–6en

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Minecraft: Hour of Code - Artificial Intelligence

In this lesson, students will learn the coding basics and explore a real-world example of artificial intelligence and program the Minecraft Agent to collect data about forest fires.

Gr. K–9en

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Minecraft: Arrays

In this lesson, students will use blocks and NPCs to solve increasingly difficult multiplication problems using arrays in a simple short project.

Gr. 4–6en

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Minecraft: Shipwreck Narrative

In this lesson, students will take their imagination to wherever they would like as they write a narrative about a mysterious shipwreck.

Gr. 1–8en

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Minecraft: Geometry World

In this lesson, students will discover the relationships between area & perimeter as they relate to quadrilaterals and other shapes.

Gr. 1–6en

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Minecraft: Building a Pollinator Garden

In this lesson, students will be able to explore the Pollinator Garden world to learn about bees and butterflies. They will then tour the museum and grounds, and gather supplies to create their very own garden.

Gr. 4–8en

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Minecraft: Timecraft (Hour of Code 2021)

In this lesson, students will experience a choose-your-own-adventure game, exploring key moments in human achievement. Then, using their coding superpowers, students will save the future by solving mysterious mishaps in time!

Gr. K–9en

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Minecraft: Museum Math - Rocks & Minerals

In this lesson, students will discover that three scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum are visiting Rocklandia to learn more about igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, and they need your students’ help!

Gr. 4–8en

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Minecraft: Fantastic Mr. Fox

In this lesson, students will identify how words and phrases supply meaning to a story, create their own narrative, and build an underground world in Minecraft.

Gr. K–9en

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Minecraft: Building with Bees - Bee Nests

In this lesson, students will be able to focus on exploring different bees species’ nesting sites and practices and how unique adaptations help bees survive in a variety of settings.

Gr. 4–8en

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Minecraft: Create Your Own Museum

In this lesson, students will be able to represent a particular topic and create a museum exhibit based on that topic. They will be able to create signs, slates, boards, and posters to describe their exhibits. This will include a video tour of their exhibit.

Gr. 4–8en

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Minecraft: Building with Bees - Bumble Buzz

In this lesson, students will be able to explain that different species of bumble bees prefer different habitats and identify two common bee species in their region. Students will also observe and take comprehensive field notes about bumble bees in their natural habitat.

Gr. 4–8en

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Minecraft: Science Island

In this lesson, students will be introduced to Science Island - a world designed to allow students of all ages to formulate, test & modify a guess before generating a hypothesis which they believe true!

Gr. 6–8en

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Minecraft: Green Building

In this lesson, students will investigate innovations in buildings that help to save energy and protect the environment. In groups, students will build new homes that use some of these techniques.

Gr. 6–8en

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Minecraft: Outflow Order

Description In this lesson, students will explore how outflow (wastewater) gets from a home to a water treatment plant. They will also understand that biosolids are used in composting and learn how ou

Gr. 6–8en

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Minecraft: Setting in Narrative Writing

In this lesson, students will be inspired by a desert biome with unexpected surprises as they explore the role of setting in narrative writing.

Gr. 1–8en

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Minecraft: Museum Heist

In this lesson, students will solve coding challenges and become a hero who unveils the masterpiece to the world but comparing and refining multiple algorithms, creating programs that include sequences, loops and conditionals, and decompose problems into smaller, manageable subproblems.

Gr. 4–8en

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Minecraft: Dependable Forests

In this lesson, students will explore the concept of sustainable forests.

Gr. 6–8en

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Minecraft: Types of Chemical Reactions

In this lesson, students will demonstrate different types of reactions such as displacement reaction occurring in Minecraft's Chemistry Lab.

Gr. 5, 7–10en

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Minecraft: Coordinate System Tutorial

In this lesson, students will learn about coordinate systems and become familiarized with the 3D coordinate system used in Minecraft Education Edition.

Gr. 1–8en

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Minecraft: Coding Coral Reef

In this lesson, students will learn about coral reefs by using code in Minecraft to build one.

Gr. 4, 6–9en

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Minecraft: Python 101 (Part 1)

In this lesson, students will learn about how to begin coding using the programming language Python (lessons 1 - 5).

Gr. 2–4, 6–10, 12en

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Minecraft: What is the World Made of?

In this lesson, students will use the Material Reducer to better understand that natural and synthetic objects are all made of elements.

Gr. 1–10en

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Minecraft: Extinction! Orangutan's Future

In this lesson, students will learn about the value, threats, sustainable management of biodiversity before building an Orangutan reserve to benefit the people and profit the planet.

Gr. 4–8en

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Minecraft: Peace with Nature

In this lesson, students will explore how we can achieve sustainable lifestyles. They will also apply knowledge and understanding by building a sustainable place to live that represents new and innovative thinking on sustainable lifestyles.

Gr. 6–8en

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Minecraft: Bridge Building Challenge

In this lesson, students will design a bridge through a set of 6 build challenges.

Gr. 1–8en

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Minecraft: Exploring Contour Maps

In this lesson, students will create and explore contour maps within the world of Minecraft.

Gr. 1–8en

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Minecraft: Great Tech Story

In this lesson, students will learn where their phone, game console, or latest app came from. Students will also learn how computing in the past evolve into what we experience today and how they can make and use tech to change the world for the better.

Gr. 1–8en

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Minecraft: Bridge Builders

In this lesson, students will design a bridge and convince others of its integrity and worth.

Gr. 1–8en

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Minecraft: Sustainable Home

In this lesson, students will explore a sustainably built home and learn where the materials come from as they build more efficient homes.

Gr. 6–8en

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Minecraft: Blocklympics

In this lesson, students will learn that Blocklympics is a one-to-five-hour creative introduction to the design of an inclusive, competitive, and fun Olympic games-style event. Students will be challenged with making their games come to life through the creation of inclusive venues, living spaces, and a mascot in the middle of the Athlete’s Village.

Gr. 1–8en

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Minecraft: Climate Warriors

In this lesson, students will put your firefighting skills to the test as they learn about how to prepare, act and recover from bushfires.

Gr. 6–8en

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Minecraft: Climate Futures - The Forest

In this lesson, students will go on an investigative mission in small groups to explore the impact of deforestation on climate change.

Gr. 6–8en

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Minecraft: Climate Futures - The Farm

In this lesson, students will go on an investigative mission in small groups to explore the impact of agriculture on climate change.

Gr. 4–7en

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Minecraft: CyberSafe - Home Sweet Hmm

In this lesson, students will learn the fundamental principles of online safety and digital identity and demonstrate how they can be safe in digital spaces. Students will learn healthy digital habits and how to play an active role in their learning. Students will exercise critical thinking to make responsible and safe decisions on the Internet. As an instrumental part of this experience, trusted adults will be embedded into gameplay. Students should always feel confident to engage with trusted adults for help.

Gr. 1–8en

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Minecraft: Active Citizen

In this lesson, students will learn the skills to participate in society actively and successfully. Students will also learn more about the Nobel Peace Laureates and the changes they created in the world, building strong and effective role models for society.

Gr. 4–8en

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Minecraft: Sustainable Food Production

In this lesson, students will begin their journey at a grocery store where farm products are bought and sold and explore a sustainable farm and learn about soil conservation, crop rotation, and water pollution. Students will also visit a waste facility and learn how fertile soil is created from waste products, walk through a recycling facility and learn how old packaging is recycled into new packaging and visit the shop where the farm products are being packaged and sold back to the grocery store.

Gr. 4–9en

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Minecraft: Think of the Future

In this lesson, students build a statue which represents their country now and in the future.

Gr. 1–8en

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Minecraft: School E-Sports

In this lesson, students will develop ways to set up an Esports competition using Minecraft Education Edition with a focus on student voice and agency.

Gr. 4–8en

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Minecraft: Mercury and Venus

In this lesson, students will explore the Minecraft Space Center and experience their first day of training as new space explorers. This lesson will expand on the Fundamental Coding concepts of sequences, events, loops, and conditionals while focusing on conditionals and If-Else loops.

Gr. 4–8en

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Minecraft: Alternative Energy

In this lesson, students will be able to explore hydropower, wind power, and waste-to-energy. Students will understand how mechanical and electrical energy play a part in alternative energy and explore how the energy created at the power plant gives energy back to the community. Students will also learn how landfills can be sustainable using garbage, explore what happens to recyclable and non-recyclable materials once they leave the home and understand how non-recyclables can be turned into energy

Gr. 6–8en

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Minecraft: Assessing the Social & Environmental Effects of Mining

In this lesson, students will select a resource that is mined in Canada. Students will research the resource to understand the social and environmental effects caused by the mining process along with possible solutions for cleanup and lessening its impact.

Gr. 3–8, 10en

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Minecraft: Replicating Landmarks

In this lesson, students will research and recreate a structure from history such as a building, monument, castle, bridge, or other large manmade object.

Gr. 1–8en

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Minecraft: The City of Florence (Italy)

In this lesson, students will discover the history of the beautiful city of Florence: Piazza del Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, Santa Maria Novella, Campanile di Giotto, Ponte Vecchio.

Gr. 1–8, 10–11en

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Minecraft: The Excavation Site

In this lesson, students will simulate an archeological dig site by collecting and documenting artifacts. Students will inference possible explanations of civilization characteristics based on artifacts found and discover the common characteristics of a civilization.

Gr. 4–9en

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Minecraft: Escape the Pyramid

In this lesson, students will get a chance to travel to ancient Egypt and play an escape room inside a pyramid.

Gr. 6–12en

69

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Minecraft: Meet and Greet

Description In this lesson, students will get a chance to ask a person from the past what it was like and research history through a deeper, immersive level in Minecraft: Education Edition. Objectives

Gr. 6–12en

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Minecraft: Conflict in Stories

In this lesson, students will explore a set of related conflicts and consider ways they might bring resolution through story-telling and world-building.

Gr. 1–8en

71

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Minecraft: 6 Room Poem Maze

In this lesson, students will walk through a maze while they write and build creatively. Students will be able to develop techniques for descriptive writing as well as revise writing to include sensory details.

Gr. 1–8en

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Minecraft: Building with Bees - Habitats

In this lesson, students will apply their knowledge of bees’ lifelong needs to build Minecraft “beetopias” to support and grow their very own bee colonies.

Gr. 3–4, 6–8en

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Minecraft: Lessons in Good Trouble

Journey through time with Congressman John Lewis to meet leaders of social justice movements who were catalysts for Good Trouble and positive change.

Gr. 7–10en

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Minecraft: Extinction! Safari

Explore a rollercoaster around the most charismatic extinct species, investigate the causes and what we can do to stop the biodiversity crisis.

Gr. 3–4, 6–7en

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Minecraft: Extinction! Biodiversity Lab

Explore the lab to learn core concepts of biodiversity then apply your knowledge to reveal the processes behind the five threatened species biomes.

Gr. 3–4, 6–7en

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Minecraft: A Tale of Two Villages

In this lesson, students will use block-based or Python code to bring two villages together. Students also explore themes of empathy, diversity, inclusion, and cooperation.

Gr. 1, 4–8en

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Minecraft: Element Scavenger Hunt

In this lesson, students will demonstrate understanding that substances are made from different types of atoms, which combine with one another in various ways.

Gr. 4–8en

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Minecraft: The Mindful Knight

In this lesson, students will be introduced to the basics of mindfulness to help them understand the benefits and main concepts of this skill.

Gr. 4–8en

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