June 2012

A month ago we started making our minecraft masterpieces. We have done this as it is related to math. We received a 40 x 30 m grid. We could build whatever we wanted but had to cover up all the space. I chose to make my dream house as my minecraft masterpiece. Everyone finished the floor plan really quickly so we could get to the building. We used an application called “Minecraft” to build our things. Most of the students in our class already know how to play Minecraft, but some don’t, so we had a period to tutor the beginners how to play. My house included lots of rooms, including a swimming pool, bow and arrow alley, kitchen, living room, potion making room, storage area, etc. I used lots of different materials, to identify the rooms to separate them to make it accurate – same as the floor plan. As some people are really good at Minecraft, it would be a snap to build a building 40 x 30 m in size. So people who are good at Minecraft are doing their floor plans a lot bigger. They are multiplying so one block on the floor plan is maybe three blocks on Minecraft.

We used Minecraft for this project because it is an educational software. You build imagination and can be very creative with it. You’ll learn how to build things. There are many different materials like gold, diamonds, iron, lapuis lazuli, dirt, etc. It helps you develop basic computer skills.

Here is the tour of my dream house. Hope you enjoy!

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