Survival+Island+Minecraft+Unit

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This year we will be running a slightly different version of project, one which involves the use of MineCraft.

For this activity you will be shipwrecked on a map along with other survivors of the shipwreck. You will be placed into teams which will compete with other teams for safe locations, and building sites, resources and food.


 * Be aware that PVP will not be enabled throughout the unit, but the game master will enable it at certain times. Monsters, weather and day and night will be enabled.

Let's get started then.

=**__Surviving a Shipwreck!__ **=

=**Lesson 1: **= Lost at Sea and Shelter Your ship has gone down. Soon you will be shipwrecked on an island together. How will you survive when there isn’t enough of anything for everyone.?

**Task 1: **
//**Tribes **// You have been given a card, find 2 other people that have different cards and stand together. You have now formed a tribe. It is up to your tribe to help each other survive. You bring many different talents to this challenge. Be prepared to use them. This island is dangerous!


 * //Cards //**

**Task 2:**
//**Tribal Badges** // Create an badge to represent your tribe. Save this picture for use later. Be aware you will need to recreate a version of it in MineCraft later on.

**Task 3: **

 * //The Lost at Sea Game //**

You are LOST at sea.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Play the [|__Lost at Sea game__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and keep track of your choices. How many times does it take your group to finally get off the island safely? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Report to your teachers.

=**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lesson 2 **= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You made it to land and are now shipwrecked on an island. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You need shelter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Task 1:**

 * //Building a Shelter//**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You will now design and build a shelter in MineCraft.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Look at the map, what is the best location? Why?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Choose a location and mark it on the map with your team emblem and team name(using a sign).
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What items will you need? You may only use natural materials!
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What can you find?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How long will it take to build?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What problems might you encounter?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How will you deal with these problems?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Add your team emblem to the structure you have built.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__**//Rules for Building a Shelter//**__

 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You must stay above a ground no mining downwards more than 4 blocks.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You may build into the side of cliffs.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You may only go underground if you happen to find a cave.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your buildings are limited to one per player and must use no more than 36 blocks each.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You can only use lava, coal torches, redstone torches or sunlight to light caves or interiors and you cannot use glass to seal windows.

=** Homework: **= Your tribe will need to fill this in for next lesson. You are a team. You must all contribute to this exercise. The table has been shared with your group in the response notebook in Google Drive. Go to the **Shared With Me** folder to find it.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Shipwreck Response Sheet

 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lost at Sea Total Tribe Points:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Name of Tribe: || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe your shelter. || Add an image of you building your shelter.

(screenshot=shift,command/flag, 4) ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe your choice of material and design for the shelter. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">List your reasons for these choices. || Add an image of your finished shelter. (screenshot=shift,command/flag, 4) ||

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 * Are you new to Minecraft? If so watch this short introductory video to learn a few important skills.**

//**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Food **// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You need to eat at least once during this session. Form hunting party and talk strategy.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Task 2: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fill in this table in your response notebook in Google Drive. Member 1: || Member 1: || Role While Hunting Member 1: ||
 * **Strategy Description** || Role While Hunting
 * Role While Hunting
 * Images: || Reflections ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Go Hunting Now!

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Take a few screenshots of you hunting party at work. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Add them to the table.

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Think about this experience. __
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> How did your tribe feel about the experience?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What were the challenges and successes?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Is there a better way?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Add this reflection to your response notebook.

=**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lesson 3: **= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your luck has changed! Many items have washed ashore! Check out your inventory to see what you have and discuss how you might use these items.
 * //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Task 1: //**
 * //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Inventory //**

//**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Building a Trap **//
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Task 2: **

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Traps can be used to protect your tribe against rival tribes, monsters and some animals. They can also be useful to trap animals to eat. //

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Have a look at how this young boy created a trap using many different items. // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Preview the [|__Rube Goldberg Vid__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Here are some ideas for making traps in MineCraft. You can find more ideas on this site. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Be aware that you may not have all of the items needed to complete some of these. Are there ways you might modify them?

//__** ALERT! You must eat at least once a day. **__//

Build your trap and feed your tribe before it is too late! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You may make basic traps using lava, water and other materials and items you can mine, gather and craft as well as those items given to you by the Game Master(your teacher).

=** Lessons 4-5: **= //** Staying Alive and Improving Your Situation **//

It looks like your tribe will be stuck here for quite some time. You will need to plan for a longer stay.

What will you need to do to keep your tribe alive, comfortable and well fed? What might you do if a ship or plane were to appear in the distance? Could you devise a signal of sorts?

Work at improving your situation for the rest of this lesson. Make sure you follow the rules for building outlined above.
 * Task **

__** Here are a few more rules you will need to adhere to. **__


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You can only use your main inventory for storage of any items or materials.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No smelting and no potions are allowed.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You may farm, but cannot spawn plants or animals or raise herds of animals. In other words you must only use animals, and seeds you encounter naturally.

__**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Are you up to any challenges? **__

<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Build an above ground animal trap.

<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Build a signal fire for aircraft to see.

<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Build an irrigation and water system for your needs.

<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Build something with redstone.

=** Lesson 6: **=
 * //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Going home? //**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Situation Card: Read and think of a viable solution!__


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">There is a ship on the horizon. __Don’t worry, it’s not the Titanic!__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It is your only hope of getting home. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How will you try to signal it?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Plan your strategy with your group taking into account the materials and equipment currently available to you. Be ready to defend your plan! ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Task 1: **

__**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Going Home Response Sheet **__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What decision has your group made: ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What are the pros of this decision? ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What are the cons of this decision? ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why is this the best strategy for getting the ship’s attention? ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Using PhotoBooth, record a short 30 second video diary explaining your plan.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Task 2: **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Upload the group video to Google Drive
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Share it with your teacher.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Add the link to the response notebook.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Task 3: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Begin work on your signal! **

= = =**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lesson 7: **=
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> //Dealing with Disappointment// **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//It didn't work! The ship went right by. Not only that but rival tribes have been trying to raid your settlement. The time has come for action. You must protect your tribe.//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Build a series of traps around your settlement to keep invaders out. Be ready to defend yourselves. You will be in PVP for this session.//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Don't despair however, some special items may have washed up into your inventories!//