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Minecraft Education Challenge

Greener Buildings - Design and implement sustainable solutions to build new buildings, or retrofit existing buildings to improve energy efficiency and water consumption. Efficient Mobility: Help New Yorkers move around the city in a sustainable manner! A new or enhanced mode for transportation that uses modern technology to improve mobility options for New Yorkers, especially those with disabilities.


Zero Waste: Design an intervention (e.g., a system, structure or resource) that can reduce, reuse and recycle in New York.


You will take on the following challenge:



Visit the five boroughs of NYC and enjoy a tour


Learn more about New York City’s sustainability plans and strategy


- Learn from a variety of experts from New York City.


- Design and build a solution for a better NYC


You will begin by meeting the Mayor and Director of Sustainability to learn about the challenge, things to consider and ideas to help inspire your build.



Next, you will encounter the Park Ranger and Water Treatment Plant Manager to learn about Inwood Hill Park and the Rockaway Wastewater Treatment Plant to learn about the current situation and be inspired by ideas for focusing your build!



You will then meet the Park Designer, Construction Manager and Coney island Community Activist to learn more about Yankee Stadium, Freshkills Park, and Coney Islands Creek. This will also provide information about current opportunities to create greener buildings that increase accessibility and reduce waste in NYC.



Finally, you will meet with the Teacher Guides to learn how to use the resources to prepare for the challenge and get started!



Important Things to Know About the 2022 Minecraft Challenge



Participation is open to all students in grades K-12


This project can be done in two ways: students can work together or individually.


- Student teams will submit their Minecraft solution to the challenge by creating a 2-minute video of their Minecraft world that explains their solution for making NYC more sustainable and/or accessible.


- Students submissions will be evaluated by experts from Microsoft and the NYCDOE. Judges will use this rubric to assess students' Minecraft solutions. Judges will give an additional rating to the best builds from each grade. This will showcase the Most Innovative, Most Impactful, and Best Pitch.


Important Dates



Challenge launches: Monday, April 11 Priority deadline for challenge submissions: Friday, May 13 Final deadline for challenge submissions: Friday, May 27



For questions, email us at [email protected].



How to Participate in the Challenge



For more information, see the Net Zero Challenge: NYC Student Guide.


- Download the Net Zero NYC Minecraft world and explore the different spaces and sites, taking care to meet the different city officials and representatives who can give you more information about the specific locations in each borough. Then, you will be led to the build plate, where you can begin to build your sustainable solution.


- Reviews the resources on the NYCDOE Minecraft Education Challenge 2022: Net Zero Challenge LibGuide to get more specific information about the city and some of the sustainability and accessibility challenges that each site in the city faces.


- Once you have access to Minecraft: Education Edition, download the custom NYC world. let it sing Once you download and open the world, students will spawn at Battery Park in Manhattan. NPC's in the game will share information that you will need for the challenge before teleporting players to the challenge build plate. Teams are free to create whatever they want around the build plate. Then, build out your sustainable solution in the Net Zero NYC world or another template world.


Before you begin, make sure you have reviewed the rubric to ensure you are familiar with the criteria used by the judges. To learn more about the Net Zero Challenge: NYC Student Guide, please refer to the following link.





Students will also be able to research selected sustainability issues in New York City by reviewing resources on the NYCDOE Minecraft Education Challenge 2022: Net Zero Challenge LibGuide. Once you have completed your research, you will be able to create your solution.



Get Started with Minecraft Education Edition



Minecraft: Education Edition is free to all NYC Department of Education students through their DOE student account. See step 2 below for instructions on how to access your student account to download Minecraft: Education Edition for free!



Download Minecraft



These are the steps to follow if you need your student account. Ask your teacher for assistance.



1. Download Minecraft: Education Edition for Windows, Mac, iPad, and Chromebook.


2. After downloading the software you will log in using your NYCDOE student ID.


3. If you have a DOE issued iPad, the Minecraft app should already be on your device.


4. If you have a school-issued Chromebook (from 2019 or newer), you will need help from your school's technology teacher to download the software.


Guide to Multiplayer



Multiplayer is one of the most popular and effective ways to leverage Minecraft and is a great way to keep students connected with classmates, even when collaborating remotely. Working together encourages collaboration, communication and problem solving as students work together on projects in a shared Minecraft world.



Multiplayer across different internet connections can be possible if all the requirements in the multiplayer guide have been met. Different configurations can result in players not being able to join multiplayer sessions from their home networks. Anti-virus and firewall applications may block access to multiplayer, so ensure you configure these programs to allow access to Minecraft: Education Edition.


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