This is an audio recording and the presentation slides from “Coding Mars with Minecraft Makecode and Scratch,” my presentation on March 25, 2025 at the NCMLE ‘Middle School Matters’ Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The session description was:
Build a Mars Colony In Minecraft with Robots and Code? YES! In our middle school computer programming class, students are using Microsoft MakeCode in Minecraft Education to simulate the robotic 3D printing of buildings and greenhouses on Mars. Students are building 2D animations of Artemis space missions using Scratch coding.
Access referenced links from the presentation in the slideshow, and also on the unit / lesson website homepage, part of my lesson sharing website: lessons.wesfryer.com/lessons/minecraft-mars
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