Last year I taught third-grade math in a whole new way. Combining elements from the wildly popular sandbox game Minecraft, I had students thinking visually and creatively about mathematical models and ...

ELON — Jennifer Oakley’s third-grade math class is spending the day playing videogames. The game is Minecraft, and Oakley has turned it into a lesson on area and perimeter with the help of iPads, ...

Ed. note: For more Minecraft lesson ideas, see Jim Pike’s lesson plans on order of operations and area and perimeter, featuring explainer videos and more, on the website Educade. Last year I taught ...