High School course

Training Day

  • ALL GRADES
  • BEGINNER
  • WEB
  • 10 LESSONS

Answer Key

Module 3: Player Skin

Module 5: NPC Skin 1

Module 6: NPC Skin 2

Module 7: NPC Skin 3

U.S. Standards

  • CCSS-Math: MP.1
  • CCSS-ELA: RF.2.4.A, RF.3.4.A, RF.4.4.A, RF.5.4.A, 6-8.RST.3, 6-8.RST.4, Literacy.RI.6.3, Literacy.RI.6.7, Literacy.RI.7.4, Literacy.RI.8.4, RI.9-10.6, RI.11-12.4
  • CSTA: 1A-AP-09, 1A-AP-11, 1A-AP-15, 1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 2-AP-13, 3A-AP-21, 3B-AP-20
  • CS CA: K-2.AP.13, 3-5.AP.13, 3-5.AP.14, 6-8.AP.13, 9-12.AP.16
  • ISTE: 1.c, 1.d, 4.d, 5.c, 5.d, 6.b

U.K. Standards

Key stage 2
Pupils should be taught to:
  • design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts
  • understand computer networks, including the internet; how they can provide multiple services, such as the World Wide Web, and the opportunities they offer for communication and collaboration
  • use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; recognise acceptable/unacceptable behaviour; identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact
Key stage 3
Pupils should be taught to:
  • design, use and evaluate computational abstractions that model the state and behaviour of real-world problems and physical systems
  • create, reuse, revise and repurpose digital artefacts for a given audience, with attention to trustworthiness, design and usability
  • understand a range of ways to use technology safely, respectfully, responsibly and securely, including protecting their online identity and privacy; recognise inappropriate content, contact and conduct, and know how to report concerns

Lesson 1: Zone 1: Fabulous Fashionville

Course: | Web

  • Intro
  • Act 1 Concept
  • Player Skin
  • Act 2 Concept
  • NPC Skin 1
  • NPC Skin 2
  • NPC Skin 3

Description

Enter an amazing immersive Minecraft world in this adventure. Create your own Minecraft skins, items, blocks, mobs, and more!

What Students Learn

  • Navigate through 6 fun Minecraft worlds
  • Complete 48 coding challenges to unlock mini-games
  • Play 4 multi-player mini-games

Technical Requirements

* Online courses require a modern desktop computer, laptop computer, Chromebook, or Netbook with Internet access and a Chrome (29+), Firefox (30+), Safari (7+), or Edge (20+) browser. No downloads required.

Lesson 1 :
Training Day: A Minecraft Adventure

Time: 60+ minutes

Introduction

Tynker Blocks Introduced

Vocabulary

Objectives

Materials

Warm-Up (5 minutes)

Activities (45 minutes)

Facilitate as students complete all modules on their own:

1. Intro (Introduction)
2. Act 1 Concept (Concept)
3. Player Skin (DIY)
4. Act 2 Concept (Concept)
5. NPC Skin 1 (DIY)
6. NPC Skin 2 (DIY)
7. NPC Skin 3 (DIY)

Extended Activities (10 minutes)