Minecraft Wiki:Projects/Minecraft in education/Science

Possible in Vanilla

 * Discussing ores (geology), how plants really grow (plant biology), the ○N○ W♦E ○S○ factor (following the sun and finding your way back without torches at night (astronomy)) (geography and mapping techniques). There were discussions around "How would I get back home if I was lost in the woods after biking up a trail that no one really knew about?" (survival skills)


 * Energy, reaction


 * Water Cycle - student project for 5th grade Science 2012.12


 * Building extra-dimensional figures, possible up to four-dimensional figures in Minecraft.
 * For example, a tesseract is fairly easy to build. M10 tesseract.png

IndustrialCraft 2 + Resonant Induction

 * Nuclear reactors
 * Fusion
 * Fission
 * Breeder

Galacticraft

 * Space station oxygen setup
 * Build an airtight design with functional airlocks, so as not to suffocate
 * Best version of this mod to use is Lapito's Galacticraft Modpack for the Technic Platform.

Redpower 3

 * Compact logic circuits
 * Especially useful on multiplayer, such as for making a power plant for a city

ComputerCraft

 * Programming
 * The ComputerCraft Wiki has a tutorial for creating a password-protected door lock in Lua.