A collaborative, user-based approach to developing science-communication resources using 'Minecraft'

By Laura Hobbs, Sam Holyman, M. Payne, Yasmin Ricketts, Carly Stevens

Issue 378 | Page 83 | Published Sep 2020

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Science Hunters, an outreach project at Lancaster University that uses Minecraft to engage children with science, worked with schools to develop their new topic on bioluminescence.

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