Tunnels, Bridges, Houses, Farming, Railways all in Minecraft EDU

This visit to Minecraft edu took place in a couple days where we were able to build and craft using tools available and building our own. I thought it would be important to pick a spot that could meet the needs of the tasks for this assignment. I wanted to try my hand at building a house adding window doors, pads and have a crafting table and furnace near the water to help with growing crops.

I was able to create a hoe, a pic axe, a shovel and put the furnace and crafting table along with a chest for storing items in the house I built.

I wanted try to do more mining so I went dow a couple of blocks and made an effort to create a tunnel through the mountain to see what kind of minerals there were to gather. I did find some coal and cobblestone with a bit of iron ore. I laid tracks along the way and placed torches on the wall at regular intervals to light thee way. It took a while to get through and there were  a few challenge with rocks dropping but overall a safe environment.

The image below is from the opposite side of the mountain tunnel entrance.

When I got out of the tunnel I wanted to try something a bit more challenging to build a bridge or viaduct across the water. This was a bit more challenging as I could not place a block directly in front in the water. I manage a few tricks including setting blocks while swimming. What may not be obvious to see from the house and the bridge is I used temporary structures to assist in erection.

The image above shows the bridge viaduct with tracks and railcars. I was working to power the tracks using red stone. Once I had the connection across the water I focused on planting seeds. I didn't find them at first but luckily Tis visited and let me know she had added some to a chest. I made a few trips back to the library for supplies and eventually create a siding with track closer to the water falls for clearer access to the structure.

I dropped some fill back into the water similar to how they built Battery Park City in NY using fill from the World Trade Center. I had to craft a hoe then planted wheat, melons, and pumpkins. I had tested earlier planting saplings that  grew in minutes. The trees were so dense I needed to trim them to ensure light for my new garden.

Here I was able to use the  Redstone building a torch and placing adjacent to the track it powered the railcars.
If there was a plus side for this adventure I had my 3-1/2 year old Grandson watching and telling me where to go. He plays a version on a tablet. We installed Minecraft on another laptop and had him learn how to use the keys E for inventory, W move forward and spacebar to jump. We had to negotiate with him to go home and stop playing. His dad provided him a world that came with an inventory. It was amazing to see the progress he made.