Project 4: How to Build a Railroad Track
Layer 1: Building the Railroad - Place an iron block at the edge of your town and then place a powered rail in front of the block in the direction that you want it
to go. Then place a detector rail in front of the powered rail. Repeat the process of the rails until you're happy with the distance. After that, place another iron block at the end of the power rail.
Layer 2: The Transportation - To finish, place a mine cart on the rail, and when you move inside the cart, the mine cart will move along the track.
Project 3: Answers
1. There are four people in the biosphere. If each person eats two potatoes a day, how many potatoes would they eat in a year? 2,920
2. If each person planted 3 flowers, how many flowers would there be if there were 11 people? 33
3. There are 40 chicks. If a snake eats 9 of them, how many chicks are left? 31
4. If the chickens are fed three times a day, how many times would the chickens be fed in four weeks? 84
5. There are 150 vitamins for 6 people. If each person eats 2 vitamins a day, will they last 2 weeks? No
6. There are five people and 19 apples on a tree. If each person ate 3 apples, how many apples are left on the tree? 4
7. There are 30 ears of corn. If the people pick off half of the corn, how much corn is left? 15
Project 3: Questions
1. There are four people in the biosphere. If each person eats two potatoes a day, how many potatoes would they eat in a year?
2. If each person planted 3 flowers, how many flowers would there be If there were 11 people?
3. There are 40 chicks. If a snake eats 9 of them, how many chicks are left?
4. If the chickens are fed three times a day, how many times would the chickens be fed in four weeks?
5. There are 150 vitamins for 6 people. If each person eats 2 vitamins a day, will they last 2 weeks?
6. There are five people and 19 apples on a tree. If each person ate 3 apples, how many apples are left on the tree?
7. There are 30 ears of corn. If the people pick off half of the corn, how much corn is left?
Biosphere 2 is a facility in Arizona where scientists study the earth and its living systems. Today we'll be building our own biosphere in Minecraft.
Begin by finding a large piece of land that you will be able to develop. This land does not need to be flat. In fact, your biosphere will be more interesting with a few hills and valleys. To build your biosphere you will need one door and lots of glass blocks.
Layer 1: Building the Outside Walls - Place glass blocks in a square or a rectangle around the area in which you want to build your biosphere. Don't worry about the ground being level. Just place the blocks around the perimeter or the outside line of the land. On one side, leave a space to place a door. Go ahead and put a door in the space you just provided.
Note: The biosphere is similar to a pyramid. As we build the walls up, we will also be building inward one block every time we add a layer to the wall.
Layers 2: Completion - The Walls Continued - Working around the previous layer, place glass blocks directly on top of the wall, then put another block on the side that is facing inward. Then destroy the first block. This creates a step. Continue on building steps all the way around the inside of the previous layer, and repeat the process going up until the hole is completely closed up.
Design the Inside of the Biosphere: Start by building a waterfall. Build it by digging a hole in a rock formation and put a bucket of water in the hole.
After you make the waterfall, dig a space for the waterfall to end and put buckets of water in the big hole.
Next, you should grow a forest. Plant trees by planting tree saplings in a certain area of the biosphere. Find flowers too and replant them in the forest.
The Circle of Life - Lure in animals by using wheat for sheep and cows, seeds for chickens, and carrots for pigs.
Project 2: Answers
1. Since 5 by 5 blocks is the same way of saying 5 x 5, how many blocks are there in total? 25
2. A 3 by 3 hole is the same as saying 3 x 3. How many blocks make up the hole? 9
3. If there is a 3 by 3 square of torches, how many torches are there in all? 9
4. If there were six glass panes on one wall, how many glass panes would there be if there were four walls? 24
5. Since the base of the roof is a 7 by 7 square which is also
7 x 7, how many blocks in all? 49
6. If our tower is 32 feet tall and we reduced the height by 19 feet, how tall would our tower then be? 13
7. If 8 Minecrafters each built 9 towers, how many towers would there be in all? 72
Project 2: Questions
1. Since 5 by 5 blocks is the same way of saying 5 x 5, how many blocks are there in total?
2. A 3 by 3 hole is the same as saying 3 x 3. How many blocks make up the hole?
3. If there is a 3 by 3 square of torches, how many torches are there in all?
4. If there were six glass panes on one wall, how many glass panes would there be if there were four walls?
5. Since the base of the roof is a 7 by 7 square which is also
7 x 7, how many blocks in all?
6. If our tower is 32 feet tall and we reduced the height by 19 feet, how tall would our tower then be?
7. If 8 Minecrafters each built 9 towers, how many towers would there be in all?
Materials:
Oak Wood Planks, Birch Wood Planks, Red Wool, Wooden Door, Glass Pane, Fence, Torch.
1. Log into Minecraft and select creative mode.
2. Find a big flat surface in a plain or a mountain range.
3. Layer 1: The Foundation - Dig a 5 by 5 square 1 block deep and place oak wooden planks in that space.
4. Layer 2: The Door Walls - Put a wooden door in the center of one wall of your foundation and build a wall around the door with more oak planks. Leave the center blocks empty.
5. Layers 3 - 24: The Tower Walls - Continue the walls around your lighthouse until its a total of 24 blocks high.
6. Layers 25 - 27: The Wood Before The Light - Build a 5 by 5 square on top of the tower covering the 3 by 3 hole and repeat that process 2 more times.
7. Layer 28: The Light - Build a 3 by 3 square centered on top and put torches on top of each of the 9 oak wood planks.
8. Layers 29 - 30: The Light Protector - Surround the 3 by 3 square and the torches with glass panes. Leave the corners open. On each corner place 2 fence pieces vertically, one on top of the other.
9. Layers 31 - 34: The Roof - Using birch wooden planks, place an entire 7 by 7 square centered on top of the torches. Then centered on top of that, create a 5 by 5 square, then a 3 by 3 and end with a single square in the center.
10. Final Layer: The Flag Top - Put 2 fence pieces, one on top of the other, in the center of the roof and put 2 red wool blocks on any side of the top fence piece creating a flag.
YOU HAVE FINISHED THE LIGHTED TOWER!
