MA 10.12 Uses area to calculate construction costs in Minecraft.

Welcome to the first post in the Minecraft Educational series. In Minecraft you can build any sort of imaginable structures, artwork and even mechanical devices. Because of this I figured it would practical to use Minecraft as the platform for calculating construction costs using math. Of course in Minecraft there isn't really a "currency" system developed, so we'll just be calculating how many of each block we'll need to complete this task.

Lets go straight into the activity and start building:

1. So for this mode you'll be wanting to use creative mode(click through the tabs to change mode), so create a game
   
2. Next open it up for local network play:
   
3. Now split everyone up into groups of four or five. Now everyone should join your local server by going into multi-player then your local game should pop up on the local network, just double click and join, bam, you're in
4. Now once you're in the game you'll all want to lay out an area to build your buildings, should take around five minutes.( maybe suggest building a small town and have the students build different parts of the town )
5. Each group should make one building, the building need to be 200sqft(you can find info on sqft here:link), and you must lay out the construction materials, 
6. Make sure to compile a list before you make the building, so that you can get exactly what you need, however you'll only be able to get resources once and no more. So if you run out you run out and have to redesign your building to fit according. The team who doesn't run out of building supplies and completes their house the fastest wins the game.

Make sure to turn in your housing calculations so that you can get credit for the task. I hope you enjoyed this and if you'd like to comment please do so below or email me at cymeks.hun@gmail.com