Engineering - applied science, structures (bridges), problem-solving / modeling (USFIRST robotics)
- explore every major technology era available (from the stone-age, to the iron-age and beyond) - build just about anything you can think of [1]
- recreate simple machines - stream engines driving early factory equipment - ice cream maker, flour mill, water pump
Examples
- Starship Enterprise - using drawing converted and manipulated to input into Minecraft - problem-solving, data manipulation and transformation
- US First Tech Challenge robot model
- bridges - design, construction, destruction testing
Rollercoaster[]
Can you build something like this in Minecraft? What would you learn by building it?
Coaster video http://www.youtube.com/embed/iqCkICXWdWI
- math and science lessons based on a roller coaster like this - velocity, speed, gravity
- compare a Minecraft version with the video, look at how to built it in Minecraft, view a small demo, discuss the building process along with the skills and tools necessary