CHOOSE between ZOO or AQUARIUM or SNAKES & LADDERS GAME

Zoo

• Design and Build: You can design and build a virtual New Zealand zoo in Minecraft. You can replicate an existing zoo or aquarium or create your own unique design.

• Functionality: Ensure the build is functional, with moving water and interactive elements like feeding stations or enclosures.

• Research and Creativity: You are encouraged to research real-world zoos to inform your designs. You can add creative touches like custom skins for animals or unique landscaping. (I have had an entire pink aquarium before).

• Teamwork: Students can work in teams to divide tasks and collaborate on the build.

Resources using Code:

• Use code to Build a Zoo - MakeCode Activity

• Use code to Build an Aquarium - Makecode Tutorial

• Use code to build house - MakeCode Activity

Aquarium

We’re challenging you to create and manage a marine habitat – either a natural or artificial environment – in Aotearoa New Zealand. Come up with the design within our guidelines below, construct it in Minecraft, record a short, 3-minute video tour, and submit your entry.

With a focus on Kaitiakitanga – a concept of guardianship, encompassing the processes and practices of protecting and looking after the environment around us – your environment must be biodiverse and sustainable.

Big Blue Future New Zealand

Big Blue Future New Zealand is an initiative to build support for sustainable fishing and promote ocean literacy. Learn about ocean literacy with MSC’s Te Kawa O Tangaroa teaching resources – an ocean-centred learning programme focused on solutions to overfishing and how we can keep our ocean teeming with life.

The Five Domains

For some help, advice and inspiration, check out the Five Domains Model, a science-based structure for assessing animal welfare. It provides a best-practice framework to assess welfare in animals of all species and is used by all ZAA-accredited zoos and aquariums to assess animal welfare.

Snakes & Ladders

Using Photoshop/Spreadsheets/Pixel Art or Minecraft, create a unique Snakes and Ladders Game. Requirements:

• Research possible themes

• Sketch a plan in draw.io or print MS Excel blocks and draw on A4 page

• Instructions to play game

• If in Minecraft, Export the world for others to download and play.

Download Games and Worlds below ...

Instructions Doc