JACK: Have you ever wondered what would my entire school look like if it were a video game? Well, these students from Wallaroo Primary did, only they took it one step further and made it happen. We’ve been building the entire school on Minecraft. We’ve tried to get the exact same of what it looks like. And if it didn’t look what it looks like, we’d try to change it. Yep, that’s right, these guys recreated their entire school, complete with avatars on Minecraft. Mine-d blown. BOY: We started by finding the coordinates Of how big we need to make it. We used the code to make the whole platform. Then we had to dig out, like, extra little parts like a mountain, that we had to dig that out to get rid of it and trees. It involved using a lot of area and perimeter. A lot of math with it and design. Armed with a trundle wheel, these guys measured every inch of their school to make sure the scale of the buildings were as accurate as possible. GIRL: We had a bit of difficulty with the measurements of the room And by doing the ratio 1:1, which is one block equals one metre, we found that the rooms appeared squished and smaller than what they were in real life. Although, from the outside, the buildings were correct. All up, it took about ten weeks to complete and they didn’t miss a thing – From the old school bell… ..to the virtual gym, you can read a virtual book in the virtual library, or virtually swing on a virtual swing. They even managed to include a virtual version of the school’s pet turtle, Squirtle. A’EDAN: But we couldn’t get the egg to hatch. So then Mr McCarthy found a code to spawn in a baby turtle, so it’s automatically a baby. But then he kept on jumping out. And then I found a code that gives me an invisible block, called a barrier block, to lock the top, so he can’t jump out. Who knew virtual turtles were so cheeky? Apart from being a pretty cool way to learn STEM, the project is also being used to take future students and their families on virtual tours of the school. MAN: Today we are visiting Wallaroo Primary School. We’re gonna do a little walk through and show you around the school. If other, like, kids want to know what our schools are like, or parents want to know, they can hop on and see what it looks like. I think the end product is really good and that the whole of Room 9 Should be really, really proud of themselves. Amazed. I’m proud of our classmates and proud of just us. It’s magnificent and I can’t be the only one who thinks this. Video Information
This video, titled ‘Minecraft School Tour – Behind the News’, was uploaded by Behind the News on 2020-08-01 08:45:00. It has garnered 46565 views and 324 likes. The duration of the video is 00:03:07 or 187 seconds.
Because of COVID-19, taking a tour of a new school isn’t such an easy thing to do. So some kids in Wallaroo came up with a creative and safe solution. They recreated their entire school in the world of Minecraft. We take a look at their blocky campus and find out what it took to build it.
TEACHER RESOURCES Students will use mathematical formulas like area and perimeter to create a scale drawing of their classroom. Mathematics – Year 5-7. https://www.abc.net.au/cm/lb/12480882/data/minecraft-school-tours-%25E2%2580%2593-teacher-resource-%28pdf%29-data.pdf
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