STATION IDEATION - A MINECRAFT MISSION (OR16)
Station Ideation was a ground-breaking classroom mission in Semester 1 2022 based in Melbourne’s new Town Hall Station, part of the Metro Tunnel rail line which opened to the public in 2026. Using Minecraft: Education Edition, students were some of the first to travel through this newly released world.
But even through the competition is over, teachers can still use these resources to create a unit of work which will to get your students engaged in authentic user-centred design.
On your journey through the station, the Metro Tunnel design team will invite your class to join them in transforming a space to meet the needs of all future passengers. As they explore there will be so much to be inspired by, including creative design solutions that showcase history and culture and support passenger wellbeing, station accessibility, time management and station sustainability.
This activity is aligned to the Victorian Design & Technologies curriculum Years 5/6 and Years 7/8.
To get you started, watch this recording of our Station Ideation teacher PD: |
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The project has information booklets for teachers and digital folios for students. Click on the links to download the relevant documents for your class: |
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These videos are designed to guide your students through the different steps of the design process. These are useful resources for any Design & Technologies project: |
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To help with using Minecraft, here are Troy Wallers slides from the teacher PD: |
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