Minecraft offers free resources to help educators and families stay connected, navigate remote education and engage in creative learning. Explore fun challenges, immersive worlds, STEM lessons and more!
Minecraft: Education Edition is a powerful tool for remote learning and can be played on Windows, Mac, and iPad. Use your school email address to check your eligibility and get started.
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The Minecraft Remote Learning Toolkit includes 100+ lessons and activities. Model cells, build monuments and write code to design a garden! Learn how to use Minecraft: Education Edition with your students whether they are in school or at home.
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Explore inspiring examples of virtual graduations and school campuses created by Minecraft players around the world, then learn how you can host an event in Minecraft.
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Solve real-world sustainability challenges with Minecraft in this build challenge. Download a customizable toolkit to use with your students, which includes a recommended competition format, prompts and rubric.
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Visit our YouTube channel to learn to play and see examples of how Minecraft is used in schools around the world. Take a free introductory online course for educators on the Microsoft Education Community (MEC). Learn how Microsoft Education is supporting remote learning with tools for teachers.
Minecraft offers exciting content for players and families including fun activities to spark the imagination. Check out these 15 build challenges, which can be used with any version of the game.
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Minecraft Bedrock players can access educational content via the in-game store for free through August 2020. The new Education Collection features includes worlds by creators including Everbloom, Jigarbov, Lifeboat and Razzleberries and Blockworks!
Anyone can code! Explore the basics with Minecraft Hour of Code in Minecraft: Education Edition for Windows, Mac, and iPad. Use coding to protect a village from forest fires and learn about AI along the way.
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Looking for an introduction to Minecraft? This guide takes you through the story of Minecraft, basics of gameplay and how players build collaboration, communication and problem-solving skills.
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