Graphing in Minecraft

DS2.1: Gathers and organises data, displays data using tables and graphs, and interprets the results.

• constructing vertical and horizontal column graphs in Minecraft using one-to-one correspondence
• marking equal spaces on axes, labelling axes and naming the display

With the school computers switching over to eT4L this week, 3P were unable to use Sim-on-a-Stick, our virtual world technology, for their maths tasks so instead they worked on data collection and graphing using iPads loaded with the Minecraft Pocket Edition app. The class was split into two groups of 10 and each student group had only 40 minutes to collect data on their group and graph it. One small hiccup was that some of the Minecraft apps weren’t updated so some students didn’t have signs to write on. Either way it was a wonderful and highly creative lesson with the students supporting each other well. It was great to hear those blocks being stacked, see students’ working mathematically, and before we knew it it was lunch time.

A great maths lesson 3P and thanks to Indi who is a super Minecraft miner and mathematician!

Mrs Booth