Teaching with Videogames: Mini Melbourne: Exploring Geometry using Minecraft
How are the objects in our world made up of familiar shapes?
Explore the Mini Melbourne 2.0 to identify and locate many 2D and 3D shapes that exist around us.
Year levels: 2-4
Subject areas: Mathematics/Numeracy
Suggested duration: 2-3 x 60 min lessons
Technology required:
- individual devices (or adapt to work in small groups) with pre-installed Education edition of Minecraft
Download the full lesson plan
The lesson plan includes links to the Victorian Curriculum, indications of lesson timing, and ideas for differentiation and assessment.
In this lesson, students will
| 1. | Explore the Mini Melbourne 2.0 to identify and locate different 3D shapes in the open world. |
| 2. | Use this game as a way to explore their own world and discover how shapes, both 2D and 3D, exist in their world in many forms. |
| 3. | Reconstruct their classroom/school in Minecraft |
By the end of this lesson, students should
| How the world around us is made up of different shapes through an exploration of Mini Melbourne 2.0. |
| The properties that define each shape. |
| Identify and locate different 2D and 3D shapes in the Mini Melbourne 2.0 and in their surrounding environment |
| Understand the relationships between these shapes. |
| Use Minecraft to create geometric shapes. |
| Knowledge and understanding of geometric forms |
| Their observation and descriptive skills. |