Download or read book Unofficial STEM Quest for Minecrafters Grades 1 2 written by Stephanie J. Morris and published by Sky Pony. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready for a brain-building STEM adventure! This colorfully-illustrated, video-game themed learning tool is focused on four critical domains for young, 21st century learners: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. These content areas can be taught in isolation, but teaching them together (using diamond swords, zombies, creepers and redstone traps for added fun) allows for deeper understanding and authentic connections to the world where kids live and play. Children won’t need to be nagged to dive headfirst into this collection of over thirty S.T.E.M. challenges. Each lesson invites gamers to use the same kinds of creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving skills they enjoy using in their favorite video game. Stand back as they go beyond rote learning and enjoy having the freedom to take risks, form theories, and pose unique solutions to complex real-world problems. Whether they’re learning binary code, considering the laws of physics, or delving into architectural design, they’re finding new interests and building confidence in the classroom and beyond. Perfect for video-game-loving kids who want to learn STEM Includes hundreds of step-by-step, full-color photos to guide readers of all ages Helps encourage creativity and problem-solving skills This forward-thinking workbook challenges young Minecrafters to use their natural creativity and problem-solving skills to address real-world problems. Science, technology, engineering, and math come to life on the pages of each colorfully-illustrated lesson. Whether it’s breaking codes, deciphering maps, designing buildings, or engineering a Redstone trap, first and second graders will discover new ways to stretch their brains, build their confidence, and satisfy their appetite for hands-on learning.

Download or read book Unofficial STEM Quest for Minecrafters Grades 3 4 written by Stephanie J. Morris and published by Sky Pony. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready for a brain-building STEM adventure! Give kids the academic advantage with STEM Quest for Minecrafters: Grades 3–4. This problem-solving workbook challenges young minecrafters to apply their natural creativity and reasoning skills to real-world situations. Science, technology, engineering, and math come to life on the pages of each colorfully illustrated lesson. This book: Allows young gamers to engineer solutions, crack codes, and stretch their brains in fun and exciting ways Supports STEM education initiatives and builds twenty-first-century learning skills Encourages kids to dive eagerly into a unique, colorful, kid-friendly offline learning adventure Whether it's designing a new mob, evaluating natural resources, engineering a mine cart, or using the binary alphabet to crack a code, third and fourth graders will discover new ways to stretch their brains, build their confidence, and satisfy their appetite for hands-on learning.

Download or read book Unofficial STEM Challenges for Minecrafters Grades 1 2 written by Sky Pony Press and published by Sky Pony. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give kids the academic advantage with STEM Challenges for Minecrafters: Grades 1–2. This problem-solving workbook challenges young Minecrafters to apply their natural creativity and reasoning skills to real-world situations. Science, technology, engineering, and math come to life on the pages of each colorfully illustrated lesson. This book: Allows young gamers to engineer solutions, crack codes, and stretch their brains in fun and exciting ways Supports STEM education initiatives and builds twenty-first-century learning skills Encourages kids to dive eagerly into this unique, colorful, kid-friendly offline learning adventure Whether it’s breaking codes, deciphering maps, designing buildings, or engineering a Redstone trap, first and second graders will discover new ways to stretch their brains, build their confidence, and satisfy their appetite for hands-on learning.

Download or read book Unofficial Minecraft STEM Lab for Kids written by John Miller and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minecraft + STEM = An unstoppable force for fun and learning! In Unofficial Minecraft STEM Lab for Kids, you’ll find a collection of 48 creative, collaborative projects that make learning science, technology, engineering, and math exciting for the whole family. Venture off on six action-packed Quests, each with four unique Labs that pair a hands-on activity with an in-game project. Just a few of the exciting things you’ll create and learn about: Hands-on activities: Concoct glow-in-the-dark slime Grow pipe cleaner snowflakes Design and build a model Martian habitat Mix milk and soap to create “fireworks” Make a working volcano Create an electromagnet In-game projects: Craft a laboratory to serve as your in-game headquarters Carve a crystal ice castle Construct a working dam Design and use a custom teleporter Build an underwater oceanographic field station Start with a lesson on terminology and gameplay, learn how to document Lab activities with sketchnoting, and meet five leading Minecraft experts who share how their experiences with the game have contributed to their success. The popular Lab for Kids series features a growing list of books that share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art, astronomy, clay, geology, math, and even how to create your own circus—all authored by established experts in their fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The labs can be used as singular projects or as part of a yearlong curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids.

Download or read book The Unofficial Guide to Science Experiments in Minecraft written by Ryan Nagelhout and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the real world, it really wouldn't be a good idea to play with lava. It isn't a great idea in Minecraft, either, but it's a lot safer than it would be at home! This fascinating book shows young readers ways they can experiment in Minecraft using real-world facts about the science behind these projects. They can work with lava and water to produce different kinds of stone, with gunpowder to produce fireworks, and TNT. With the game's many plants to produce different kinds of dyes and other materials, readers will be endlessly fascinated, and it's all for science!

Download or read book The Big Book of STEM Activities for Minecrafters written by Stephanie J. Morris and published by Sky Pony. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready for a brain-building STEM adventure! This colorfully-illustrated, video-game themed learning tool is focused on four critical domains for young, 21st century learners: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. These content areas can be taught in isolation, but teaching them together (using diamond swords, zombies, creepers and redstone traps for added fun) allows for deeper understanding and authentic connections to the world where kids live and play. Children won’t need to be nagged to dive headfirst into this collection of over one hundred S.T.E.M. activities and challenges. Each lesson invites gamers to use the same kinds of creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving skills they enjoy using in their favorite video game. Stand back as they go beyond rote learning and enjoy having the freedom to take risks, form theories, and pose unique solutions to complex real-world problems. Whether they’re learning binary code, considering the laws of physics, or delving into architectural design, they’re finding new interests and building confidence in the classroom and beyond. Perfect for video-game-loving kids who want to learn STEM Includes hundreds of step-by-step, full-color illustrations to guide readers of all ages Helps encourage creativity and problem-solving skills This forward-thinking workbook challenges young Minecrafters to use their natural creativity and problem-solving skills to address real-world problems. Science, technology, engineering, and math come to life on the pages of each colorfully-illustrated lesson. Whether it’s breaking codes, deciphering maps, designing buildings, or engineering a Redstone trap, first and second graders will discover new ways to stretch their brains, build their confidence, and satisfy their appetite for hands-on learning.

Download or read book Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids written by John Miller and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids is a collection of creative, collaborative projects that connect in-game challenges with hands-on activities that are both fun and educational. An Amazon Best Kids’ Books of 2016 pick! Minecraft offers players an environment focused on exploration, imagination, and creation, but its nonlinear game structure can mean spending a lot of time in the game. With these labs, you can balance your child's screen time with real-life learning and interaction. You will start the book by brushing up on some common Minecraft language and examining each of the four game modes: survival, creative, adventure, and spectator. Then, you’ll use this knowledge to venture off onto the six different quests that encourage child and adult participation. For each Lab, complete the hands-on activity in art, craft, or design, then build a related in-game project. Have fun with these creative projects and more: Make a Chinese finger trap from construction paper, followed by a zombie trap in Minecraft. Build a castle from sugar cubes, then learn to build one in Minecraft. Create shadow puppets to perform a scene from your favorite story, then animate the scene using Minecraft. Make a bow and arrow from popsicle sticks, dental floss, and a cotton swab, then do some archery practice in Minecraft. Sticker badges at the back of the book reward your child as they complete each quest. You'll even learn how to screencast and narrate your own videos to share with family and friends. Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids provides fun, educational gaming goals that you and your child can reach together! The popular Lab for Kids series features a growing list of books that share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art, astronomy, clay, geology, math, and even how to create your own circus—all authored by established experts in their fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The labs can be used as singular projects or as part of a yearlong curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids.

Download or read book Unofficial STEM Challenges for Minecrafters Grades 3 4 written by Sky Pony Press and published by Sky Pony. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give kids the academic advantage with STEM Challenges for Minecrafters: Grades 3–4. This problem-solving workbook challenges young Minecrafters to apply their natural creativity and reasoning skills to real-world situations. Science, technology, engineering, and math come to life on the pages of each colorfully-illustrated lesson. This book: Allows young gamers to engineer solutions, crack codes, and stretch their brains in fun and exciting ways Supports STEM education initiatives and builds twenty-first century learning skills Kids will dive eagerly into this unique, colorful, kid-friendly offline learning adventure Whether it’s designing a new mob, evaluating natural resources, engineering a mine cart, or using the binary alphabet to crack a code, third and fourth graders will discover new ways to stretch their brains, build their confidence, and satisfy their appetite for hands-on learning.

Download or read book The Unofficial Guide to Engineering in Minecraft written by Sam Keppeler and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do people build with arches? Why do we use stone in some places and wood in others? What's a foundation? How do you plan a road or construct a bridge? The answers to these questions can help gamers in Minecraft and in the real world! Through building their own structures and systems in Minecraft, young readers and gaming fans will learn about the past and present of human engineering, with a vision toward the future.

Download or read book The Super Fun Colossal Workbook for Minecrafters Grades 1 2 written by Sky Pony Press and published by Sky Pony. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attention parents, teachers, and every book and girl who loves Minecraft, this giant (over 350 pages) kid-friendly workbook uses everyone’s favorite game to encourage kids to learn principles of math, reading, writing, and STEM. This giant kid-friendly workbook features well-loved video game characters and settings to encourage kids to learn important school subjects. Colorfully illustrated pages bring their most beloved video game to life and entice learners (even the most reluctant ones) to take part in an educational adventure. With practice pages and content spanning a variety of subjects, they’ll find everything they need to develop their education and their confidence in the classroom. Your child will improve their: Math skills Reading skills Writing skills Spelling skills STEM skills Even classroom confidence and social skills! Whether you’re preparing them for the upcoming school year or providing extra skill practice, The Super Fun Colossal Workbook for Minecrafters: Grades 1 & 2 is as fun as it is educational—and is just what your child needs to meet and exceed academic standards!

Download or read book The Great Big Fun Workbook for Minecrafters Grades 3 4 written by Sky Pony Press and published by Sky Pony. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attention parents, teachers, and every book and girl who loves Minecraft, this giant (over 350 pages) kid-friendly workbook uses everyone’s favorite game to encourage kids to learn principles of math, reading, and handwriting. Colorfully illustrated pages bring their most beloved video game to life and entice learners (even the most reluctant ones) to take part in an educational adventure. With practice pages and content spanning across subjects, they’ll find everything they need to develop their education and their confidence in the classroom. Included within this book: Handwriting skills Clear stroke formation guidelines Uppercase and lowercase letter practice Minecrafting-themed word and sentence practice for added skill building Math skills Multiplication and division Math facts and word problems Fractions and geometric shapes Reading skills Phonics Speech Vocabulary Reading comprehension Whether you’re preparing them for the upcoming school year or providing extra skill practice, The Great Big Fun Workbook for Minecrafters: Grades 3 & 4 is as fun as it is educational—and is just what your child needs to meet and exceed academic standards!

Download or read book Adventures of a Slime An Unofficial Minecraft Diary written by Books Kid and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read this humorous, illustrated chapter-book diary to discover how one determined little Minecraft slime cube overcomes all obstacles to realize his greatest dream! What does Minecraft slime cube Slibertius—known as Bert—dream of becoming? The best fashion designer in the entire Overworld! But it’s no easy feat to dress cubes that don’t have arms or legs. In the pages of this unofficial Minecraft illustrated diary, you’ll read about this and other obstacles Bert must overcome in pursuit of his dream, including some dangerous spiders and a witch who drives a hard bargain.

Download or read book The Best and Biggest Fun Workbook for Minecrafters Grades 1 2 written by Sky Pony Press and published by Sky Pony. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All-Encompassing Workbooks for Minecrafters! This giant kid-friendly workbook features well-loved video game characters and settings to encourage kids to learn principles of important school subjects. Colorfully illustrated pages bring their most beloved video game to life and entice learners (even the most reluctant ones) to take part in an educational adventure. With practice pages and content spanning a variety of subjects, they’ll find everything they need to develop their education and their confidence in the classroom. Your child will improve their: Math skills Reading skills Writing skills Spelling skills Social studies skills And even STEM skills! Whether you’re preparing them for the upcoming school year or providing extra skill practice, The Best and Biggest Fun Workbook for Minecrafters: Grades 1 & 2 is as fun as it is educational―and is just what your child needs to meet and exceed academic standards!

Download or read book The Unofficial Guide to Building Skyscrapers in Minecraft written by Ryan Nagelhout and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When building in Minecraft, the sky is the limit! You can construct a city with buildings that tower over Steve and the game’s other inhabitants. Using Minecraft constructions as a guide, this book teaches readers about STEM in the real world. With a mixture of dazzling photographs, cutaway illustrations, and Minecraft examples, this book is sure to amaze and educate young readers. The text encourages readers to use computer coding skills to make their own mods in Minecraft. Help readers get on the elevator and take it to the top floor of this fascinating volume.

Download or read book The Unofficial Guide to Building Towns in Minecraft written by Eric Tower and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building houses and other structures is a major focus in the exploratory sandbox game Minecraft. Players can build their own towns and explore towns built by other players. Minecraft towns can include homes, skyscrapers, railroads, and anything else you can dream up. The information and instructions included in this book, supported by colorful cutaway and Minecraft illustrations, are sure to help readers make connections between the popular game and real-world STEM applications. The text also encourages readers to explore computer programming as a way to create Minecraft mods.

Download or read book The Unofficial Guide to Minecraft Enchantments written by Linda Zajac and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enchanted tools, weapons, and armor in the hit game Minecraft make playing more fun. Learn how to create them in this overview. Sidebars highlight elements of game play related to STEM and coding concepts.

Download or read book Reading Success for Minecrafters Grades 1 2 written by Sky Pony Press and published by Sky Pony. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do children love? Minecraft! What will make them love reading? Learning it with Minecraft! This kid-friendly workbook features well-loved video game characters and concepts to reinforce the development of first and second grade reading skills laid out in the national Common Core State Standards. Colorfully-illustrated and high-interest practice pages and reading comprehension passages use diamond swords, potions, skeletons, zombies, and creepers to add an element of excitement to reading time. They will practice all of the reading skills they need in school, including: Grade 1: Phonics: Beginning and ending sounds, blends and digraphs, and long and short vowel sounds Recognizing and reading common sight words Parts of speech and sentence structure Basic reading comprehension Reading with fluency Grade 2: Vocabulary and spelling practice Part of speech and sentence structure Deepening reading comprehension: Reading for main ideas and details and Identifying cause and effect Reading with fluency Skip to the pages that suit your child's needs and learning style or start at the beginning and advance page by page–it's up to you! As the workbook progresses, the activities become more challenging so that learners of all levels can enjoy an exciting, skill-building reading adventure. Perfect for Minecrafters who learn at all paces, Reading Success for Minecrafters is as fun as it is educational–and is just what your little learner needs to get ahead academically!