Homeschool – Minecraft Education: Build & Code [Events Coordinates & Variables]
Homeschool – Minecraft Education: Build & Code [Events Coordinates & Variables]
Dates: April 8th to 29th, 2025 [Every Tuesday]
Duration: 4 weeks
Program Delivery: In-Person
Address: 695 Bishop St. N, Cambridge, ON
Program Overview
Duration: 4 Weeks
Sessions: 1 session per week (1 hour each)
Total Sessions: 4
Objective:
In this 4-week hands-on program, students will explore coding fundamentals using Minecraft Education Edition. They will learn about events, coordinates, and variables to create interactive builds and automate gameplay. Each session introduces new programming concepts through block-based coding, helping students develop logical thinking and problem-solving skills while having fun in Minecraft!
Week 1: Introduction to Events & Basic Commands
⚡ Learn how actions trigger events in Minecraft!
- Activity: Students will explore event-based programming, where different in-game actions trigger automated responses. They will learn basic commands and how to use coding to interact with the Minecraft world.
- Concepts Covered: Event-based programming, sequencing, and automation.
- Tools Used: Minecraft Education, MakeCode (Block Coding).
Week 2: Understanding Coordinates & Movement
📍 Use coordinates to move and place blocks!
- Activity: Students will learn about the X, Y, and Z coordinate system and how to use it to control player movement, build structures, and teleport within Minecraft.
- Concepts Covered: Cartesian coordinates, movement commands, and block placement automation.
- Tools Used: Minecraft Education, MakeCode (Block Coding).
Week 3: Using Variables to Store & Manage Data
🔢 Create dynamic game interactions with variables!
- Activity: Students will explore variables to store data such as player scores, inventory items, and game states. They will use variables to track player actions and create more interactive gameplay.
- Concepts Covered: Variables, storing data, conditionals.
- Tools Used: Minecraft Education, MakeCode (Block Coding).
Week 4: Final Project: Build & Code Your Own Game!
🎮 Apply everything you’ve learned to create a custom project!
- Activity: Students will design and code their own interactive Minecraft project, using events, coordinates, and variables. They will test, debug, and present their final creations.
- Concepts Covered: Game design, logic flow, debugging.
- Tools Used: Minecraft Education, MakeCode (Block Coding).
This 4-week, 1-hour-per-week program introduces students to key coding concepts in a fun and interactive way, helping them develop problem-solving and computational thinking skills while playing Minecraft! 🚀🎮
ABOUT US
STEMOTICS is a specialized robotics center in Cambridge, Ontario. It aims to provide children and youngsters with the right skills to expedite their learning, especially in STEM-related fields, and express their creativity. STEMOTICS is about helping children exploring their potentials and developing their life skills.
DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS
The Goals behind STEMOTICS training are:
- Investigating machines from the engineering point of view
- Focusing on mechanical software design in a team
- Investigating machine mechanisms required to operate , using mathematics and physics
- Finding solutions for programmatic-mechanical optimization problems
ROBOTIC VALUES
Our programs help to:
- Develop procedural logical and creative thinking; ability to cope malfunctions; mathematical thinking; programming skills; motor skills; engineering processes analytic skills.
- Strengthens social aptitude, self-confidence and a sense of capability
QUICK ACCESS
- Address: 695 Bishop Street North, Cambridge, Ontario, N3H 2K8