Minecraft Education for Science
Become an Eco Detective with Minecraft!
Recommended for years 4-6 students, this free Minecraft Education game will engage your students and allow them to solve real-world conservation issues one block at a time!
This game lets students act as conservationists in virtual worlds and empowers them to do the same in their local ecosystems. By playing Eco Detectives, students restore balance to virtual ecosystems and improve biodiversity.
Quests within Drylands, Woodlands, Wetlands and Urban Biomes turn players into environmental change agents. Students will complete tasks by making small changes that have positive impacts on wildlife.
The tasks in the game are all examples of real action that your students can take in their local area, including:
- Restoring vegetation for wildlife
- Encouraging their community to keep their cats safe and healthy indoors
- Creating habitat for local threatened species
- Caring for waterways
The following resources can be used to plan engaging lessons that extend what students learn by playing Eco Detectives:
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Visit one of our four properties and attend a curriculum-aligned program with a Zoo Teacher for no extra charge. Each excursion program will explore scientific understandings that your students can apply to a project to help wildlife. |
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Editable PowerPoints that give you reliable and up to date information on a range of species. |
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Explore a database of additional support and actions that your students can take for wildlife. |
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Share your students’ achievements for feedback, recognition and opportunities to celebrate! |
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This professional development workshop give you the opportunity to plan a project alongside other educators and zoo staff. Eco Detectives can be used to as the basis of a project that extends beyond the screen! |
Additional Support
For assistance planning a project that integrates Eco Detectives and real-world actions for wildlife, contact the Fighting Extinction Schools Coordinator, feschool@zoo.org.au or book a virtual consultation, Bookings Page.
This game was built by official Minecraft partners, Team Workbench, and was developed in partnership with experts from Microsoft, Zoos Victoria, Zoos South Australia, Perth Zoo, Taronga Conservation Society and Auckland Zoo.
