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How to build an integrated STEM lesson using Minecraft

This sample STEM activity, demonstrates an approach to developing cognitive skills used when students solve a problem using Minecraft to design and build a sustainable house.

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Year band(s)	5-6, 7-8
Content type	Lesson ideas
Format	Web page
Core and overarching concepts	Computational thinking, Algorithms, Digital systems
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)	AC9TDI6P01 Define problems with given or co developed design criteria and by creating user stories AC9TDI6P05 Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input AC9TDI6P06 Evaluate existing and student solutions against the design criteria and user stories and their broader community impact AC9TDI6P03 Design a user interface for a digital system AC9TDI8P04 Define and decompose real-world problems with design criteria and by creating user stories AC9TDI8P05 Design algorithms involving nested control structures and represent them using flowcharts and pseudocode AC9TDI8P06 Trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors AC9TDI8P07 Design the user experience of a digital system AC9TDI8P08 Generate, modify, communicate and evaluate alternative designs AC9TDI8P09 Implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language
Keywords	STEM, Minecraft, Blooms Revised Taxonomy, Cognitive skills, Virtual Reality, Virtual world, Sustainable house
Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs	Mathematics, Design and Technologies, Science, STEM
Organisation	Monash University
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