by educator1atatime | Jul 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
In the winter of 2024, I started working on another Health lesson. In this lesson, the health teacher had a good idea of what to do; he just wanted a good method for implementation with Minecraft. Objective: Students will design and create a restaurant with various...
by educator1atatime | Jul 14, 2024 | 6th Grade, Health, Uncategorized
As part of the VRC initiative, I worked with our health teachers to create a lesson on health standards that directly related to what teens face today. While this lesson was ultimately not implemented, the health teacher wanted to keep it for the next school year as...
by educator1atatime | Jul 13, 2024 | 6th Grade, Minecraft Lessons by grade level, Ratio, Proportional Relationships, and Rates, Uncategorized
Proportions and Percentage Simulator Learning Target: Students will identify missing proportions and utilize percentages in real-world situations. Task: Students will interact with NPCs and observe their surroundings to apply knowledge of proportions and percentages...
by educator1atatime | Jul 13, 2024 | Minecraft Building Club, Uncategorized
At my school, we have clubs every Friday from 9:15 to 9:50. This year, I ran a Minecraft Building Club. The goal was to give the students specific building tasks with a time limit, usually 2 to 3 weeks. Starting in November, I did a large Big City Build challenge,...
by educator1atatime | Jul 12, 2024 | Leadership, Uncategorized
The Virtual Reality in the Classroom Initiative (VRC) At the start of this past school year, I sent out this email to my staff to gauge interest in collaborating to create a Minecraft lesson. I got a response from 4 teachers. Throughout the...
by educator1atatime | Jul 12, 2024 | 7th grade, Minecraft Lessons by grade level, Uncategorized
Black History Month Build On Friday in February, the staff was inundated with sickness, and we had several teachers out. I received word that I would need to cover a 7th-grade class all day, and as it turned out, there were no lesson plans left. This was unusual. A...
by educator1atatime | Jul 12, 2024 | 6th Grade, Minecraft Lessons by grade level, Social Studies, Uncategorized
6th Grade Latin America Civilizations Minecraft Build Lesson Learning Target: Student will identify important aspects of Aztec, Maya, and Incan civilization, create virtual representations of their civilization on a current geopolitical map, and then present their...
by educator1atatime | Jul 10, 2024 | 7th grade, Inequalities, Uncategorized
Inequalities 7th grade Learning Target: Students will be able to identify, read and write inequalities Task: Students will visit three different virtual environments: A Car Dealership, State, Fair, and Sports arena Lesson Setting: Car dealership: students will see how...
by educator1atatime | Jul 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
As a teacher using Minecraft Education at the middle school level for the last 8 years, being able to convert an image to an object for a Minecraft lesson can have some very useful applications. My first use has been to convert a geopolitical map to land mass for...
by educator1atatime | Jul 8, 2024 | All Lessons, Geometry, Minecraft Lessons by grade level, Special Education
Perimeter and integers for MID class The MID teacher contacted me one day waiting to know how to implement a Minecraft lesson in her classroom. After a brief meeting, I came up with this lesson. The students, even the ones who were disinterested in the topic, loved...
