Teacher stories, Python resources, math, and more.
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EDUCATORS SHARE THEIR STORIES
Around the world, educators are sharing how they use Minecraft: Education Edition, and we want to celebrate their work!
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We love seeing the creative ways that teachers use Minecraft! Read more educator stories on our blog: aka.ms/minecraftedu-blog
MINECRAFT AT PARK UNIVERSITY
Minecraft: Education Edition isn’t just for K–12 classrooms! At Park University in Missouri, Dr. Susan Keim and graduate student Zac Jarrard launched a pilot course in public administration where students explore concepts like city planning, economics, and infrastructure.

Read their guest post on our blog:
aka.ms/minecraft-at-park-u
Minecraft forest landscape
RESOURCES FOR TEACHING PYTHON
Now that Python is available in Code Builder for Minecraft: Education Edition, students have the chance to advance their computer science learning beyond block coding and learn a more advanced programming language. Microsoft MakeCode has just released a series of features and resources designed to help you teach with Python in Minecraft.

Read the MakeCode blog to learn more:
aka.ms/mee-python-resources
Coding view in Minecraft
FEATURED LESSON: SURVIVAL OLYMPICS
Looking for exciting new math lessons? Combine the thrill of competition with an introduction to data science. In Survival Olympics Bar Graphs, students fish, mine, and fight monsters, then make and compare bar graphs for a scoreboard.

Get the lesson here: aka.ms/survival-olympics-graphs
Signs reading -Fight Night, Mining, and Fishing- in the Minecraft world
MARCH BUILD CHALLENGE: SIGNIFYING SEASONS
Earth's orbit and axis affects us all. Discuss climates around the world and how they are driven by our planet’s seasons. Your challenge this month is to create a representation in Minecraft to signify one of the seasons. Create a write-up of what you’ve built and why!

Learn more about the challenge here: https://aka.ms/SeasonsChallenge
Minecraft statues of a snowman, flower, lemonade, and apple
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