Content Centered Build Challenges
Model the Content
One great way for students to truly understand and engage with their studies is by creating models of the content they are learning. For example, in science, students can create a model of the cardiovascular system, while in social studies, they can model the difference between the Eastern and Western sides of the Berlin Wall. In ELA, students can even bring to life a scene from the book they have been reading. They can use signs, book and quill, and other tools to explain their creations and submit them according to the teacher’s rubric.
To take things to the next level, students could also use Flip Grid or screen record in PowerPoint to make a video of their work and share it. The possibilities are endless, and these kinds of projects can really help students retain and apply what they have learned.
7th Grade
Combining Like Terms
This Build Challenge was completed with 7th grade when covering combing-like terms. It was completed individually.
8th Grade
Square Root
This build was available for those 8th graders that finished their assigned work on Squareroots. It was difficult to get buy-in to get students to want to do this building task, however, a few students were very interested.
6,7,8th Grade
Basic skills Application
This build has been completed with 6th, 7th and 8th grades. Students were placed into groups of 3 or 4 and then completed this build in a teacher-hosted world. Students completed a worksheet determining various hotel specifications, then modeled their answers in Minecraft. Click on the image to the right for more information.
7th Grade Cardiovascular system
There was a Science Teacher at my school that did this project with her seventh-grade class. The pic below displays what the other groups build. Their build was very impressive
