What ways can Minecraft and GBL be integrated into the curriculum?

Social Studies and Mapping would be great to discuss landforms, etc. within a student created Minecraft game.

Media literacy, reading, writing, social studies, science (Rocks & Minerals)

To be models

Procedural writing in Language Arts

Maths, social studies, science,

Climate Mod: link to geography and natural disasters.

Reading - engaging in reading all types of texts related to minecraft due to their own personal interest and connection.

Research skills - learning how to do things to improve their minecraft

Persuasive writing, reading, problem solving,

I use it for my grade 5 area unit.

motivating children and engaging them where they are already successful.

Math, language

Math area and perimeter

ancient civilizations, biomes, biospheres, history events, court case, event in a story/poem, create your own/media connection, natural disasters consequences..

Have kids build based on parameters (area/perimeter/ using renewable materials/based on First Nations beliefs)

Social Studies - I had a student walk us through King Tut's tomb... He reproduced it based on his research, and it was down to the number of steps and what they represented... The jewels he was buried in, and why... This was a student who would not have been able to produce a written report.

Community building skills in the classroom through Minecraft and GBL

Oral communication

Math

a lot of collaboration!