All Outputs (14)

Using Minecraft to explore the Amazon rainforest (2025)
Journal Article

Here, Laura, Sophie, Mark, Jay, Jackie and Carly report on a project designed to engage key stage 2 pupils with geography and environmental topics by using Minecraft to investigate the Amazon rainforest.

Near and far: Engaging children with place through Minecraft (2023)
Journal Article

Minecraft is an extremely popular computer game and educational tool. It provides various place-based facilities, with schools, towns and islands recreated, and geology and archaeology made available to explore in-game. In this ‘Spotlight On … ’ arti... Read More about Near and far: Engaging children with place through Minecraft.

Inclusive exploration of sustainable goals and solutions through Minecraft (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Science Hunters has successfully used the computer game Minecraft to engage children with science since 2014, using a specific approach that promotes learning within the framework of defined topics, whilst encouraging exploration of the elements that... Read More about Inclusive exploration of sustainable goals and solutions through Minecraft.

Exploring engineering solutions to environmental hazards through Minecraft (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Since 2014, Science Hunters (1,2) has successfully used the computer game Minecraft to engage children with Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, and particularly geoscience (3), through a defined approach which allows exploration in line with... Read More about Exploring engineering solutions to environmental hazards through Minecraft.

Engaging children with STEM using Minecraft (2021)
Other

Available at: https://www.uwe.ac.uk/-/media/uwe/documents/research/engaging-children-with-stem-using-minecraft-practitioner-guide.pdf

Engagement through Minecraft: Available editions. A guide for practitioners (2021)
Other

Available at https://www.uwe.ac.uk/-/media/uwe/documents/research/engagement-through-minecraft-available-editions.pdf

Utilising the various modes of Minecraft in teaching (2021)
Journal Article

Shared special interest play in a specific extra-curricular group setting: A Minecraft Club for children with Special Educational Needs (2020)
Journal Article

Elements of construction: Minecraft and the periodic table (2020)
Report

Minecraft is a popular computer game that allows the construction of almost limitless creations, and is used in learning contexts around the world. The widespread appeal and familiarity of the game makes it ideal for engaging children and young peopl... Read More about Elements of construction: Minecraft and the periodic table.

Exploring space using Minecraft (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Space can fascinate children from an early age, presenting a key opportunity to engage them with Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). Minecraft is an extremely popular construction-based computer game with parallels and analogies to rea... Read More about Exploring space using Minecraft.

Exploring coral reef conservation in Minecraft (2020)
Journal Article

Exploring coral reef conservation in Minecraft (2020)
Journal Article

How Minecraft is making science more appealing to students with autism (2019)
Journal Article

Communicating STEM through Minecraft (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Science Hunters uses the computer game Minecraft to engage children with Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, utilising elements such as an all-female core team to boost representation in STEM for girls, the accessibility and popularity of the... Read More about Communicating STEM through Minecraft.