Minecraft Math - Surface Area

Students will create building and calculate the surface area, then they will be give surface area and create structures with that surface area.

    Submitted by: Dean Vendramin

    Updated: March 10, 2017

    Learning objectives

    Outcome: SS9.2 - Saskatchewan Curriculum Extend understanding of area to surface area of right rectangular prisms, right cylinders, right triangular prisms, to composite 3-D objects. [CN, PS, R, V]

    What is surface area? How do you calculate surface area? What formulas can you create for surface area?

    Instructions 1) Using Minecraft Creative Mode create the following: a) a shelter with a flat roof of your size(make a door but pretend that it is part of the blocks when calculating surface area ) b) a pyramid of your size (don’t make it too big) c) any structure with a surface area of 25 m2 d) any structure with a surface area of 50 m2 2. After you complete each structure, you are to take a screenshot (use print screen which copies them) 3. Then go to sway or power point and make a card/slide deck with your images and your math. 4.Share me the sway/ power point when done.

    Evaluation Structure One  - 1 2 3 4 Structure Two - 1 2 3 4 Structure Three - 1 2 3 4 Structure Four- 1 2 3 4 Total /16 Each structure must have screenshot and math!

    Surface Area Assignment
    Here is a word document of the assignment.

    Skills

    • Creativity
    • Critical thinking
    • Project Based Learning