K & 2nd grade students in the Minecraft Game-Based Learning Program will develop their Minecraft building navigation and building skills. They will work on the 7 ancient and modern architectural Wonders of the World in this Zaniac program. They will learn about their history, culture, geography and location and the hypothesis behind the engineering on how they were built while developing their navigation and building skills on Minecraft. Students will have to complete replicas of the 7 ancient wonders (The pyramids at Giza, Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Colossus of Rhodes, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus and Hanging Gardens of Babylon). Team work, creativity, co-creation, communication and productivity are the 21st Century skills kids will be developing in this program.
2nd to 5th Graders: Minecraft Game- Based Learning City Rescue Squad-Zaniac City Rescue Squad is designed to groom an environmentally conscious generation that understands the hazards and threats behind global warming and climate change. They will learn and understand natural disaster threats (fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornados); the science behind them, how and why they happen, and how to build and change cities, buildings and homes that can face and withstand these threats. They will have to explore, research and build cities and structures that are more resilient to these natural disasters, all of which will be put to the test with Minecraft weather mods.Team work, creativity, co-creation, critical thinking, collaboration and productivity are the 21st Century skills kids will be developing in this program.