When thinking about New York City, either the whole city, your borough or neighborhood, spend some time reviewing our city's strategic plan, OneNYC 2050 for more specific information about the city. Check out these resources that will help with your research. Build a Better Tomorrow! Flipgrid Mixtape Showcase (all grades): First week in June 2021īattle of the Boroughs eSports Competition: Tuesday, June 1 – Friday, J(Stay tuned for more details coming soon!)īegin your research by reviewing the SDGs and choose at least one SDG to focus your build.Announce middle school Battle of the Boroughs teams: Friday, May 28, 2021.Announce high school Battle of the Boroughs teams: Friday, May 21, 2021.Elementary and Middle School submission deadline: Friday, May 14, 2021.High School submission deadline EXTENDED to: Friday, May 14, 2021.Challenge begins: Tuesday, April 13, 2021.Judges will add an additional rating to the builds with the highest scores from each grade to showcase the Best Pitch, Most Innovative, and Most Impactful.The rubric for Part 2 will be provided to students prior to the live esports competition. Part 1 builds will be judged using this rubric. Matches will streamed live for all to watch and cheer their borough teams forward. These 20 teams (10 middle school and 10 high school) will move forward to compete in a live-build challenge. Teams will face off in timed build challenges in a single-elimination bracket tournament. These students will be grouped into two middle school and two high school teams from each borough, each team made up of five students. Part 2 involves selecting the middle and high school students with the best submissions from each borough. The best submissions from each grade will be showcased on a FlipGrid Mixtape in the first week of June. Part 2: Battle of the Boroughs – Live eSports Competition.Part 1: Build a Better Tomorrow – Build Challenge.Check out these tips for using Flipgrid.Submit your project through a Flipgrid screen recording that is no more than 1-minute and 30-seconds in length.Make sure to include how your build addresses one of the SDGs and supports the needs of the community you are aiming to serve. Once you are ready to submit, each student (or team) should use Flipgrid to create a video touring their Minecraft build, with voiceover explaining their project.Work on your challenge submission and design a solution using blocks and items in Minecraft to address a pressing issue facing New York City.Review the rubric before you start so you understand what the judges are looking for.
Once you have access to Minecraft: Education Edition, open a new world using either a template world like Blocks of Grass or a biome world.When thinking about New York City, either the whole city, your borough or neighborhood, check out OneNYC 2050 for more specific information about the city and consider how New York City's strategic plan overlaps with the SDGs.Review the SDGs and choose at least one SDG to focus your build.
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think about how you might redesign a local community space to be more inclusive for people of all ages and abilities… or what you could design to re-think how the city can reduce car pollution and other carbon emissions? How to Participate in the Challenge As we move forward together, how might we redesign our city to reinvigorate and enhance the lives of New Yorkers?ĭrawing from the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the New York City’s OneNYC 2050 strategic plan, identify an issue and build a solution in Minecraft: Education Edition that will have a positive impact for New York City’s future.įor example. Over the past 12 months, our city has had to adapt as a result of COVID-19.