Minecraft Wiki:Projects/Minecraft in education/Engineering

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


 * 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