{"id":18756,"date":"2022-09-21T10:19:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T14:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-earth-teams-minecraft-education\/"},"modified":"2022-09-21T10:19:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T14:19:13","slug":"bbc-earth-teams-with-minecraft-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-earth-teams-with-minecraft-education\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Earth Teams with Minecraft Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Earth and Minecraft Education have teamed to create five free <em>Frozen Planet II<\/em>-themed worlds, featuring immersive landscapes, animals and game-based learning resources.<\/p>\n<p>The educational content has been made available for free to <em>Minecraft: Education Edition<\/em> users globally, accompanied by lesson plans for teachers to educate students about the importance of the frozen landscapes and allow them to explore the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>The five <em>Frozen Planet II<\/em> worlds will also be provided for free to <em>Minecraft: Bedrock Edition<\/em> players everywhere via the Minecraft Marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, <em>Minecraft<\/em> players will be able to play from the perspective of an animal, including the penguin, bumblebee and polar bear, allowing them to experience the frozen worlds from their view. Players can also try their hand at being a natural history filmmaking researcher on location, where they are tasked with documenting key animal behavior and information to inform environmental research.<\/p>\n<p>The first frozen world is available now, with further games launching weekly. BBC Studio\u2019s Natural History Unit\u2019s <em>Frozen Planet II<\/em> is available to watch on BBC One and iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth White, series producer of Frozen Planet II, said, \u201cOne of the great things about the natural world is its power to engage and enthrall viewers young and old. We are delighted to partner with <em>Minecraft<\/em> on this range of educational computer games, which will enable children to interact with stories inspired by the series through gameplay and learn more about the challenges of these habitats through the additional lesson content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to partner with BBC Studios in this unique venture\u2014we\u2019re bringing a whole new perspective to <em>Minecraft<\/em> and, collaborating with the great minds behind <em>Frozen Planet II<\/em>, a truly authentic experience of some of the most fascinating and important areas of our world,\u201d said Allison Matthews, head of Minecraft Education. \u201cIt\u2019s never been more crucial to educate players everywhere about the effects of climate change and inspire a new generation of young people around sustainability. We believe it\u2019s our responsibility to do so, and this partnership is the next big step in that direction.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Earth and Minecraft Education have teamed to create five free Frozen Planet II-themed worlds, featuring immersive landscapes, animals and game-based learning resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":18757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[259,3900,6420],"class_list":["post-18756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-earth","tag-bbc-studios-natural-history-unit","tag-minecraft","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Earth Teams with Minecraft Education - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-earth-teams-with-minecraft-education\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Earth Teams with Minecraft Education - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC Earth and Minecraft Education have teamed to create five free Frozen Planet II-themed worlds, featuring immersive landscapes, animals and game-based learning resources.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-earth-teams-with-minecraft-education\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-21T14:19:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/BBCEarth-Minecraft-0922.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-earth-teams-with-minecraft-education\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-earth-teams-with-minecraft-education\/\",\"name\":\"BBC Earth Teams with Minecraft Education - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-21T14:19:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-21T14:19:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-earth-teams-with-minecraft-education\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-earth-teams-with-minecraft-education\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-earth-teams-with-minecraft-education\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC Earth Teams with Minecraft Education\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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