Design properties
- Name
- A digestive system on Minecraft
- Topic
- Science
- Learning time
- 7 hours
- Designed time
- 7 hours and 10 minutes
- Size of class
- 22
- Description
- Students will learn how the human digestive system work and will try to reproduce it by using the Minecraft game. After the modeling, they will experience the enzymes action on real food
- Mode of delivery
- Blended
- Aims
- Helping middle school students to learn how the digestive system is made and the interactions among different organs
- Outcomes
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- Investigate Investigate the parts of the digestive systems and how they work in sinergy
- Reproduce Build your digestive system using Minecraft blocks
- Operate Let the different organs work together
- Evaluate Evaluate your model and your mates' work
- Construct Build your digestive system using Minecraft blocks
- Editor
- laurapalt
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Timeline
Let the food start to go!
90 minutes)
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Read Watch Listen101Students are invited to find on their science book or on the internet how the digestive system is made in the perspective of making a model of it on Minecraft. A brief brainstorming on Minecraft and its use is planned aswell (students teach, the teacher learns!)
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Investigate455Group of 4-5 students find on their book or look for any other information on the web about the interaction among organs, enzymes and how they break food up to be absorbed
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Collaborate305Students can draw their own model discussing on the best way to reproduce it on Minecraft
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Discuss522Groups present their work to the rest of the classroom. The presentations will be rewarded by different badges (Great! - Good - You can do better)
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"Building" the model: since Minecraft is made by blocks, everything can be considered as a building, a human shaped building!
220 minutes)
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Produce1205At school students can start working at their PCs in groups trying to build their own model
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Collaborate905The students can work online from their own houses to develop and improve their model
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Discuss105Groups present a first draft of their models. Every group can intervene in the discussion to outline any mistake or ask any question. The presentations will be rewarded by different badges (Great! - Good - You can do better)
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Present your work
60 minutes)
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Discuss605The different groups present their works to the classmates. The presentations will be rewarded by different badges (Great! - Good - You can do better)
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Hands on! Digestion lab experiments
60 minutes)
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Practice6022After having modeled the digestive system we will use everything we learned to do some experiments on how enzymes work on food.
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Learning Experience
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