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Hello, and welcome to 2018! The Minecraft: Education
Team is excited to share with you some updates and events in the
world of Minecraft for learning. Thank you as always for your
commitment to game-based learning, we couldn't be more excited to
share this news with all of you.
Chemistry
Comes to Minecraft: Education Edition
We are thrilled to bring chemistry into Minecraft with a new update
for Minecraft: Education Edition. With input from chemistry
teachers, students and Minecraft Global Mentors, the Chemistry
Update offers educators and learners a fun,
accessible way to explore chemistry within the immersive world of
Minecraft. Make pigs fly with helium balloons, create underwater
TNT or see what elements make up a grass block. If you can craft a
pickaxe in Minecraft, you can learn chemistry. The free update will
launch in early February for all Minecraft: Education Edition
customers.
Tens of thousands of educators around the world are already using
Minecraft: Education Edition to teach concepts like coding, the
water cycle, photosynthesis and renewable energy. Now classrooms
can explore chemistry with educator-created lesson plans, a
brand-new Minecraft
‘World of Chemistry’ and a teacher’s
lab journal to help get started. Using four new
crafting tools, students can craft compounds and never-before-seen
Minecraft items using chemistry, such as glow sticks, rapid grow
fertilizer and underwater torches.
Mentor-Led Workshops at BETT
2018
The Minecraft Education team will be previewing the Chemistry
Update at BETT
this week to thousands of educators from across
Europe. One of the world’s largest education technology
conferences, BETT brings together over 34,000 attendees from over
100 countries in London, United Kingdom. We will be running workshops and demo presentations each
day of the event facilitated by Global Minecraft Mentors, and we
encourage attendees to stop by the Minecraft booth to try the
chemistry features firsthand.
We are excited to share these updates and events with you, the
community of educators who bring Minecraft to life in classrooms
around the globe. Check out the now over 300 teacher-created lesson plans on
our community site, and be sure to follow the conversation on
social media @playcraftlearn. If you should
need assistance with anything, please don't hesitate to reach out
to our lovely customer support team. Thank you
again, all the elements are in place for an incredible 2018.
Minecraft Education Team
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