Halloween treats
Trick or treat!
Introducing our Halloween World, focusing on first-grade math. In addition to addition and subtraction, children will learn to understand the numbers that determine a change of state. They gain basic experience in data analysis (data collection). They develop skills in processing data containing individual changes, initial and final states, and comparisons. Last but not least, they will develop their orientation in the environment. And all this in a playful way.
A student will find himself on the outskirts of a village during Halloween night. His task is to go through the village and visit eight houses where, as a Halloween trick-or-treater, he will get treats, whether healthy ones like apples or oranges, or really sweet ones like candies and lollipops.
In each house, he’ ll get a different number of treats, the number of which he must mark on a piece of paper or on the worksheet that comes with this world.
He has to note them down, because at the end of his little adventure, when he has visited all eight houses, he has to pass a final test. In this test he will have to answer questions like how many apples or lollipops he has, but also how many fruits (where he has to count the number of apples and oranges), sweets (candies and lollipops) and finally how many treats he has in total (all added together).
The evaluation of his calculations takes place directly in the game, where the student enters the results of his calculations (which he has done on paper) using a panel. And directly in the game he also learns, if his results were correct or if he made a mistake. Of course, according to the number of mistakes he will be evaluated, and he will see for himself whether he gets a diploma or just a piece of cobwebs.
All the numbers in this world are generated randomly, so the result is always different.
To make matters more complicated, the student also has to go through two caves where naughty Halloween bats steal some of those treats, so he has to subtract those from his total.
It may seem simple, but there are 40 numbers to add up at the end, and that can get some pupils’ heads spinning 😀
We have created for you also a short video, where you can see how it all works together, including the test.
The world is available as a world template or as the world itself, which you just need to import.
Of course, this world is available for Minecraft: Education Edition and also for Bedrock edition.
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