Intended End User: Teacher
Age Group: Upper Primary; Lower Secondary; Upper Secondary
School Curriculum: Maths; Science; Social, Physical & Health Education; Social & Environment Science; Arts
Themes and Topics: Behaviour & Lifestyle; Environmental Change; Information & Knowledge; Citizenship
Duration: 1 hour (plus set up time)
Type of Resource: Game, Guidelines & Notes, Online Tool
Keywords:Â Minecraft, Virtual Learning Environment, Ecosystems, Data Collection
Languages: English
Description
Data Explorers is an action-packed learning experience on Minecraft Education, using data skills to protect our planet. Students take on the role of a data-scientist, who also happens to have magical powers. Their mission is to rescue five leading environmental experts who have been kidnapped from earth by an inter-dimensional dragon.
Hosted on the Minecraft online virtual world, students travel through portals to five different ecosystems: rainforest, grassland, caves, glaciers and desert. In each ecosystem they will meet locals who explain their environmental problems. Together with the locals and the kidnapped expert, thy will solve the problems using data. This will help students to develop crucial skills of data recognition, verification and application.
How to use this resource
Using the Data Explorers Teachers’ Guide, you must start by downloading Minecraft Education and the Data Explorers world and resources. From here, students can explore the five portal worlds and the challenges presented in each. As the Teachers’ Guide sets out, teachers will help students reflect on their learning around data literacy, environmental protection and key competencies.
The resources
Welcome to Data Explorers!
Data Explorers on Minecraft Education is hosted on the World’s Largest Lesson website and can be accessed here:
The wider library of resources that promote the use of Sustainable Development Goals in learning can be accessed here:
Learning Outcomes
- Elicit prior knowledge and further develop knowledge and comprehension of key Sustainability Citizenship key concepts, challenging established worldviews and values.
- Apply a range of suitable tools and frameworks to promote student Sustainability Citizenship
- Reflect on practice and examine national curricula to identify opportunities to promote Sustainability Citizenship in interdisciplinary ways and engage with external stakeholders.
Green Competencies
- Embodying Sustainable Values: Valuing Sustainability; Supporting Fairness; Promoting Nature
- Embracing Complexity in Sustainability: Critical Thinking
Creative Commons
Data Explorers was created by World’s Largest Lesson and NetApp. It is shared on the Synapses Portal under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike.
SDGs
