Build Challenges Collection
Build Challenges Collection
20-30 min
Creativity, Collaboration, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/meetree
20-30 min
Creativity, Collaboration, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/MarsRoverWorld
20-30 min
Creativity, Collaboration, Problem Solving
https://education.minecraft.net/challenges/bee-
creative
• -Learn about bee species that live in your area and build a
real life pollinator garden.
• -Continue your build by using the new beekeeping tools
and NPCs to create a sustainable apiary and farm.
Block Biography
20-30 min
Creativity, Communication, Problem Solving
20-30 min
Creativity, Communication, Problem Solving
30-60 min
Creativity, Collaboration, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/meebook
• Use the camera to take pictures and share with your class.
• Choose a book to create a cover for or design a cover for
your own original story!
• Start a new world or use the space around the book to
build more scenes from the story. Choose a scene from
each chapter, or to represent the Aristotelian story
structure.
What would you bring to a desert island?
20-30 min
Creativity, Collaboration, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/meeisland
20-30 min
Creativity, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/mee-csrescue
20-30 min
Creativity, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/meevehicle
Use this creative world to have design your own vehicle. Will
it drive, float, fly? What type of fuel does it use? How many
people can it carry? How would it move?
• Use the camera to take pictures and share with your class.
• Write a paragraph about your vehicle describing its key
design features.
• Use your vehicle design to create a marketing poster or
even a TV commercial advertising a product.
• Use the structure block to export your design to Windows
10 Mixed Reality Viewer and snap a picture of yourself next
to your creation.
Design An Animal
20-30 min
Creativity, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/aotw-animals
20-30 min
Creativity, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/meemoats
15 min
Creativity, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/meeblackjack
20-30 min
Creativity, Collaboration, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/meevexillology
30-60 min
Creativity, Collaboration, Communication
https://aka.ms/meelandmark
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/aotwspaceship
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Collaboration, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/mcworldlabyrinth
20-30 min
Critical Thinking, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/elementhunt
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/areaandvolume
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/aotwmachine
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/AOTWphysicscoaster
• Work with a partner and have them find the key points of
maximum energy on each other’s track.
• Use the camera and portfolio to export your project, or
record a video of riding the roller coaster.
• Work as a class to create a physics theme park.
Architecture
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/aotwarchitecture
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/aotwstorysetting
In this build challenge, choose a book you have read and use
Minecraft to create a setting found in the work. Choose a
biome that best fits the book or use the supplied world which
features a flat area for students to get started building right
away.
20-30 min
Creativity
https://aka.ms/aotwpixelpics
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Problem Solving, Collaboration
http://aka.ms/AOTWpatterns
Patterns are all around us, both in the designed and natural
world. Consider how patterns affect our daily lives then use
Minecraft to create their own repeating pattern.
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Problem Solving
http://aka.ms/AOTWcolorwheel
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Communication
https://aka.ms/AOTWComics
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Communication
https://aka.ms/AOTWdragon
20 - 30 min
Problem Solving, Critical Thinking
https://aka.ms/AOTWfishing
Grab your fishing rod and head out onto the water! Use
this Minecraft world to get started tracking your fishing
successes. Record what you caught, then combine the
your numbers with your classmates to determine the
probability of catching fish, junk, or treasure.
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/AOTWSculpture
20 - 30 min
Communication, Character, Citizenship
https://aka.ms/AOTWmuseum
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Communication
https://aka.ms/AOTWShipwreck
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Problem Solving
https://aka.ms/MEEpumpkin
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/MEEMonsters
20 - 30 min
Critical Thinking, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/MEESolar
The Sun is 286 times the size of the smallest planet in our solar
system, Mercury. If Mercury were the size of one Minecraft
block, try to build a scale model of Mercury and the rest of the
planets. You may have to round up or down to the correct
number of blocks. To get you started, we've created a world
with a Minecraft block scale sun!
20 - 30 min
Creativity, Communication
https://aka.ms/MEECharacters
30-60 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/TimeMachineChallenge
30-60 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/TeacherAppreciateWorld
Now more than ever great teachers are going out of their way
to create engaging learning experience for their students. Your
challenge this month is to show appreciation for one of your
teachers through a creative build in Minecraft.
30-60 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/ISSBuildChallenge
Did you know that humans have been living in space for almost
20 years? Minecraft: Education Edition is celebrating this
historic milestone in partnership with NASA with a new
International Space Station world for you to explore! The
station has been continuously occupied since November 2000,
and orbits Earth every 90 minutes.
30-60 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/CreativeClassroomsWorld
30-60 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/coding-coral-world
Coral reefs are often called the rain forests of the sea because
of the amazing biodiversity found within them. Sadly, many of
the word's reefs have been destroyed due to climate change,
pollution, and coastal development. Your challenge this month
is re-build a coral reef in Minecraft by using code!
30-60 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration
aka.ms/ZeroWasteChallenge
Did you know that every year roughly one third of the food
produced in the world for human consumption gets lost or
wasted? That’s 1.3 billion tons of food! Use this starter world
and challenge yourself to build and document ways you can
reduce food waste in your home, school, and community. Let’s
build a better world together!
30-60 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/StoryChallenge
30-60 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/SeasonsWorld
Earth's orbit and axis affects us all. Discuss climates around the
world and how they are driven by these systems. Your
challenge this month is to create a representation in Minecraft
to signify one of the seasons.
30-60 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/GratitudeWorld
30-60 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/BiodiversityChallengeWorld
30-60 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/MinecraftMicroModelWorld
30-60 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/HarvestTimeWorld
30-60 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/MappingWorld
30-60 min
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration
https://aka.ms/InstructionBookChallengeWorld
•Use the export feature of the book & quill to create a printable
PDF of your work.
•Support reading skills and English language learning with the
built-in Immersive Reader functionality. Turn on the picture
dictionary for Minecraft terms!
•Use Minecraft to create a social story for an upcoming event
with words and pictures.