“Bringing chemistry to Minecraft not only helps spark interest in STEM, but also helps educators engage students in the scientific process, reinforcing creative problem solving and engaging experiments,” says Minecraft Education Director Neal Manegold. Using four new crafting tools, students can craft compounds and never-before-seen Minecraft items using chemistry, such as glow sticks, rapid grow fertilizer and underwater torches. Now classrooms can explore chemistry with educator-created lesson plans, a brand-new Minecraft ‘World of Chemistry’ and a teacher’s lab journal to help get started. Tens of thousands of educators around the world are already using Minecraft: Education Edition to teach concepts like coding, the water cycle, photosynthesis and renewable energy. Chemistry in Minecraft allows teachers to introduce chemistry concepts without the costs of lab equipment in the engaging Minecraft world that will inspire more girls and boys to explore the subject. In low income schools, the numbers are even lower, as students have less access to labs and equipment. Science education is driven by hands-on learning, but only half of fourth graders in the U.S. The free update will launch in early February for all Minecraft: Education Edition customers. If you can craft a pickaxe in Minecraft, you can learn chemistry. Make pigs fly with helium balloons, create underwater TNT or see what elements make up a grass block. With input from chemistry teachers, students and Minecraft Global Mentors, the Chemistry Update offers educators and learners a fun, accessible way to explore chemistry within the immersive world of Minecraft. We are thrilled to bring chemistry into Minecraft with a new update for Minecraft: Education Edition.
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