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- Title
Teaching scientific concepts using a virtual world - Minecraft.
- Authors
Short, Daniel
- Abstract
Minecraft is a multiplayer sandbox video game based in a virtual world modeled on the real world. Players are able to build and craft everyday items using blocks. The cubic geometry of Minecraft lends itself to the teaching of various academic subjects. Minecraft also has a functioning ecology, with chemistry and physics aspects interwoven within the game that can be used to develop the scientific literacy of players. Here I describe various key scientific and mathematical concepts that are able to be modelled with the game for use in the classroom.
- Subjects
SANDBOXES (Computer science); VIDEO games; EDUCATIONAL technology; MINECRAFT (Game); ACTIVITY programs in education
- Publication
Teaching Science: The Journal of the Australian Science Teachers Association, 2012, Vol 58, Issue 3, p55
- ISSN
1449-6313
- Publication type
Article