In Minecraft, it’s important to know where you are in the world, where your Agent is, and where all kinds of things from diamond mines, to woodland mansions, to underground spawners are.  In Survival mode, it’s even more important to be able to get back to a safe place when the sun starts to go down, or to remember the location of points of interest so you can find them again if your inventory is full and you need to come back. 

Minecraft uses a set of three coordinates (X, Y, and Z) to specify a position in a Minecraft world.  MakeCode for Minecraft uses these coordinates in many of its blocks to specify where an action should take place. 

X, Y, Z - LEARNING GOALS: 

I understand what the X, Y and Z coordinates mean. I know how to create objects that are relative to my player’s position. I understand what absolute positioning means.