Dinosaurs: A Minecraft Quest!
Students work alone or in pairs to follow a scavenger hunt, solve clues and research facts, learning more about the dinosaurs of the Jurrasic and Cretaceous periods within a Minecraft-like world.
Right Brain Curriculum
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(566)
What's included
1 live meeting
1 in-class hoursClass Experience
You've been chosen to go on a Dinosaur Quest! As you enter our Metrocraft Minetest world, you will embark on a scavenger hunt full of clues, riddles, lost treasures, secret maps and buried caves as you find each dinosaur-related clue leading you on your journey. Along the way, you'll learn more about the dinosaurs of the Jurrasic and Cretecious Period as clues prompt you to do online research: Looking up online encyclopedia entries, watching short video clips and studying key diagrams that will lead you to the answers to our hidden dinosaur riddles. In the process, you will learn more about dinosaurs and the research materials available online to find out more. Try to make it to our "Fossil Finale" within an hour and solve the final Createcious Clue!
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We use a public domain version of Minetest instead of Minecraft, which is better for this program for a number of reasons: 1) We find that the mobs, invisibility, withers, potions and the like in Minecraft makes for a not-so-realistic atmosphere. Minetest is more realistic. 2) There are mods we put into Minetest to allow for more decorations, cars, signs and other items that makes it easier to say, design a business or decorate a home. Minecraft has mods available too but in order to run them on our server, everyone signed up for the class would have to download them all on their own computers, which is technically challenging for many families. Minetest includes them automatically. 3) Minetest is free which allows more students to participate in the class. Please note THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT GENERALLY WORK ON TABLETS. We provide instructions for how to download Minetest onto PCs, Macs and Chromebooks.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Not an official Minecraft product. Not approved or associated with Mojang.
Joined July, 2018
4.9
566reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Right Brain Curriculum is a Massachusetts-based education company offering engaging, project-based online learning programs. Our mission is to create outstanding, student-centered enrichment programs that allow children to experience real life in a fun, engaging learning atmosphere. Currently, we run four different versions of our Metrocraft class, a civics-based program that takes place in a Minecraft-like world.
Right Brain Curriculum is managed by Matt Bowling, Education Director and Savvy Reuben, Director of Teaching & Learning
Matt holds a Master's in Education Administration with Principal's license from UMass Boston as well as a Master's in Elementary Education from Northwestern University. Matt has more than 15 years experience as a classroom teacher for grades 2, 3, 5 and 7 in both public and private schools in California and Massachusetts. He has served as a Director of Curriculum and Instruction in both public and private schools in the Boston area.
Savvy has more than ten years experience in education, working in private, public and charter schools in New York City and Boston.
Her education focused on teaching, curriculum planning, classroom management and a specialization in autism/intellectual disabilities. She attended Trinity College and Teacher's College of Columbia University.
She absolutely loves teaching and wants every class to be a unique, submersive, and positive experience where students feel free to be creative, take risks, and have a whole lot of fun while learning something new :)
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Live One-Time Class
$19
per classMeets once
60 min
Completed by 5 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-13
9-18 learners per class
