# Minecraft EDU HELP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Educators' Lounge\ **Created:** [March 16, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/minecraft-edu-help/12725 "2022-03-16T16:57:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rymc88](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/rymc88/32/13577_2.png) [@rymc88](https://forum.makecode.com/u/rymc88)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/minecraft-edu-help/12725/1 "2022-03-16T16:57:16Z")
I teach Computer Science in middle school (6,7,8) and I use Makecode for each grade (Minecraft 6th, Microbit 7th, Arcade 8th). I am struggling coming up with project or game ideas to code in Minecraft. I went through Computer Science curriculum offered on [Minecraft.net](http://Minecraft.net), but I would love more ideas I could. Any help would be greatly appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![AlexK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/alexk/32/33339_2.png) [@AlexK](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexK)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/minecraft-edu-help/12725/2 "2022-03-17T00:10:19Z")
There’s the curriculum written by the MakeCode team, too: > **[Introduction to Computer Science with MakeCode for Minecraft](https://minecraft.makecode.com/courses/csintro)** > > \A screenshot of Minecraft ---
**Author:** ![AlexK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/alexk/32/33339_2.png) [@AlexK](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexK)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/minecraft-edu-help/12725/3 "2022-03-17T00:10:36Z")
Not sure based on the link you’ve provided, but have you gone through the Microsoft curriculum for Minecraft? I see some build challenges in there that look super fun. [Minecraft Computer Science Kit | Minecraft Education Edition](https://education.minecraft.net/en-us/resources/computer-science-subject-kit) I’ll keep looking in the mean time for other, third-party resources for Minecraft Education Edition. ---
**Author:** ![AlexK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/alexk/32/33339_2.png) [@AlexK](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexK)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/minecraft-edu-help/12725/4 "2022-03-18T19:21:18Z")
This looks super fun, too! > **[Minecraft — www.kidsandbees.org](https://www.kidsandbees.org/minecraft)** OK; I’m stopping now. 😆 Let us know if you’ve already exhausted these resources, @rymc88 , and then I’ll keep digging. ---
**Author:** ![AlexK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/alexk/32/33339_2.png) [@AlexK](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexK)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/minecraft-edu-help/12725/5 "2022-03-18T19:21:28Z")
This looks interesting, too. The book is out of print, though, so you’ll need to turn to second-hand book markets to find it. (I see a few used copies available on Amazon, for example.) > **[Educator's Guide to Using Minecraft® in the Classroom, An: Ideas,...](https://www.peachpit.com/store/educators-guide-to-using-minecraft-in-the-classroom-9780133858013?w_ptgrevartcl=Minecraft%2Bin%2BEducation%E2%80%94Why?_2255107)** > > Teachers are attracted to using Minecraft in the classroom more and more because it engages their students with a game they already play and allows teachers to be creative in how they teach a subject. Simply put, teachers have taken advantage of the... ---
**Author:** ![AlexK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/alexk/32/33339_2.png) [@AlexK](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexK)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/minecraft-edu-help/12725/6 "2022-03-18T19:21:37Z")
Thought you might enjoy seeing, these, too. > **[See the Winning Projects from the Minecraft Education Global Build Championship](https://educationblog.microsoft.com/en-us/2020/12/see-the-winning-projects-from-the-minecraft-education-global-build-championship/)** > > This October, we launched the first-ever Minecraft Education Global Build Championship. This worldwide challenge invited students to imagine places where humans ---
**Author:** ![rymc88](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/rymc88/32/13577_2.png) [@rymc88](https://forum.makecode.com/u/rymc88)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/minecraft-edu-help/12725/7 "2022-03-21T16:24:40Z")
Thank you @AlexK for pulling these resources! I will look into these 3rd party resources. I have been using the Makecode curriculum and the Computer Science kit from Minecraft EDU. This is my first year using Minecraft to teach CS, so I am not 100% comfortable using it and still curating the lessons, sequencing them and making any necessary modifications to make it work in my classroom. Hopefully the Makecode Arcade team will read this and start do some streams on making Minecraft games using Makecode 😉 because I learn so much from them @richard @livcheerful @darzu @shakao @jwunderl ---
**Author:** ![livcheerful](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/livcheerful/32/3509_2.png) [@livcheerful](https://forum.makecode.com/u/livcheerful)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/minecraft-edu-help/12725/8 "2022-03-21T16:48:07Z")
👀 We’ll do a minecraft stream today!!! But … no promises on how good it will be hahaha it’s been a while 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rymc88](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/rymc88/32/13577_2.png) [@rymc88](https://forum.makecode.com/u/rymc88)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/minecraft-edu-help/12725/9 "2022-03-22T16:29:44Z")
Looking forward to it! Thank you @livcheerful ! ---
**Author:** ![rymc88](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/rymc88/32/13577_2.png) [@rymc88](https://forum.makecode.com/u/rymc88)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/minecraft-edu-help/12725/10 "2022-03-31T16:17:13Z")
Thank you so much for doing those Minecraft streams @livcheerful @richard @shakao! It definitely gave me some ideas. It was funny and reassuring to hear you comment on the organization of some of the blocks as I have had those same thoughts. Cheers!