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Digital Engineering using Minecraft
Redstone is Minecraft’s equivalent of electricity. The Minecraft Redstone course starts by teaching how to use this energy to create the different logic gates. Your child will then learn how these logic gates can be combined to create different circuits and complex electronic items such as calculators, elevators and more. They’ll use all the skills they learn to design and build an amazing adventure course full of challenges, surprises and puzzles that players must navigate through!
Virtual course format
Our courses are divided into two parts, each of which can be taken as a standalone one-week course.
| Part 1 | Beginner to Intermediate | Mon - Fri | AM |
| Part 2 | Advanced | Mon - Fri | AM |
| Mon - Fri | |
| Part 1 Beginner to Intermediate |
AM |
| Part 2 Advanced |
AM |
What your child will learn
Part 1 - Beginner to Intermediate
Pre-requisites: None
- Minecraft Orientation
- Redstone Introduction
- Redstone Activators (Redstone Torches, Pressure Plates, Buttons, Levers)
- Redstone Devices (Doors, Lamps, Pistons, Note Blocks, Dispensers)
- Redstone Logic Gates (NOT, OR, AND, NAND, NOR, XOR)
Part 2 - Advanced
Pre-requisites: Part 1
- Redstone Repeaters (Oscilloscope, One Way)
- Redstone Comparator (Comparison, Subtraction)
- Redstone Blocks
- Transmission (Horizontal, Vertical)
- Redstone Pulses (Creation, Multiplier, Divider)
- Memory Circuits (Flip-Flops, Latches)
- Clock Circuits
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Tech requirements
Chromebooks and iPads are not supported
Internet speed requirements
- 5Mbps download speed and 3Mbps upload speed (per user)
- If using FunTech Virtual Machine at least 6Mbps download speed and 6Mbps upload speed; lower speeds will work, but the quality of the remote computer experience will deteriorate (per user)
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Minimum system requirements
- OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or later or OS X 10.9 or later
- Processor: Intel Core i3-3210 / AMD A8-7600 APU or equivalent
- Memory: 8GB (8,192MB) RAM
- Free HDD space: 2GB
- Graphics requirements known as GPU (Graphics Processing Unit): any GPU that supports OpenGL 4.4
- Hardware: keyboard, mouse, and headset with microphone
- Admin access required
IMPORTANT – FREE TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Course software must be installed before the start of the camp. Instructions on how to do this will be in your FunTech Parent Portal and includes free technical support.
If the software is not installed prior to the start of the camp, then your child will miss some of the course and their may be an additional charge to catch up on missed content.
About this camp
At our Minecraft Engineering day camp, your child will be taken on a journey through the fundamentals of electronics. We’ll start with the simple concept of binary, where any two states (like up and down, or on and off) can be represented by a 0 or 1.
During the Minecraft Redstone course, your child will learn how to use truth tables. These are mathematical table used for logic, helping them learn about the different logic gates and their possible outputs. Once these gates have been mastered, they’ll learn how to combine logic gates to create real-world applications, giving them a deeper understanding of how everything reduces back down to Binary.
As this electronics summer camp progresses the circuits will become more complex. Toward the end of the course your child’s imagination will go into overdrive as they fully comprehend the limitless possibilities of being an electronic inventor. These skills will be used to design and implement an adventure course that family and friends must navigate through – come early as these are often quite challenging!
Minecraft Engineering (with Redstone) allows the freedom to build and experiment with electronic circuits that in the real world would be a health and safety challenge!
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Book with confidence
We understand that your summer plans and child’s passion change. So, our Camp Swap gives you the flexibility to change your camp as many times as you like.
| Virtual Camps | |
|---|---|
| To another virtual course or date (same course) | FREE |
| To another higher course fee | Pay difference |
| To another lower course fee | Difference credited |
| From virtual to location | Pay difference |
| From virtual to residential | Pay difference |
| Day Camps | |
|---|---|
| To another location or date (same course) | FREE |
| To another higher course fee | Pay difference |
| To another lower course fee | Difference credited |
| From location to virtual | Difference credited |
| From location to residential | Pay difference |
| Residential Camps | |
|---|---|
| To another location or date (same course) | FREE |
| To another higher course fee | Pay difference |
| To another lower course fee | Difference credited |
| From residential to location | Difference credited |
| From residential to virtual | Difference credited |
Camp Swap are available up to two weeks prior to camp start date and subject to availability.