Archaeological Digs

[Joey Fernandez]

Okay, this is my first time to post in this forum, so please bear with me because I don't know how to search threads yet.

My question is this:

I'm planning on burying a temple underground that my students have to dig up.  My only fear is that they will dig through my temple.  Is there some way that I can make my temple unbreakable even if it's buried underground?

Thanks in advance!

[EduElfie]

One possible solution to this is to 'scale' the students tools to something that makes your blocks essentially unbreakable. My first thought is to make your entire structure out of obsidian, re-texture it to what you want, and then don't allow the students to progress past iron picks.

Elfie.

[Halligator1]

I put my dig-site under sand. Maybe a bit boring, but the kids found something other than sand, they got so excited that they would not dream of breaking other blocks. Of course some minor accidents happened, but that gave us a good excuse to talk about the structure, and a discussion on how to restore it.

So it worked great like that

Hal

[MisterA]

Hey Joey,

I am going to have to agree with Hal here. I think that what you do is setup the lesson in this manner:

1. Play a video for them, or record two players in game digging up something and they accidentally break the fossil! OH MY!

2. Discuss with them the ramifications of doing such a terrible thing and how it could mean the loss of a new species forever! What if it was the only one of its kind!??!?!?

3. Being careful is important with this type of work, its not about the speed, but about the accuracy...which is why we don't use TNT to blow up the ground looking for fossils! Instead...we use delicate tools that some might seem down right slow (only give them wooden tools, they are slow and take longer to dig)

4. Give them some smaller sample site...to try it out. Let them see a fossil outside of the ground..notice the distinct orange (whatever color block you choose) color of the fossil...that students is what we are looking for!

5. Let em go...and I bet the lesson goes 100% smoother!

I am more about teaching them how to do things properly...than how to prevent them from making mistakes. Learning from failing can be very important.

Let me know how it goes.

MisterA

[Robijn Vogel]

Something you could do as well is give your students some tools that are meant to dig away the terrain and some that are specifically meant to salvage archaeological findings.
You could do this by giving them some tools that aren't terribly fast, but have a lot of durability and giving them some tools with very little durability and the Silk Touch enchant.
(You can create these tools with certain commands, which may need some research deep into the Minecraft Wiki, but that is why this is only called a suggestion.)
You could then make them dig up a retextured block of smooth stone, mycelium or grass, which changes to cobblestone or dirt if not mined with their breakable Silk Touch tool.

If you were considering putting some actual fossil- or relic-like blocks underground... there are some Minecraft mods that you may like that are partially or completely dedicated to archaeology.

Op vrijdag 13 november 2015 05:32:24 UTC+1 schreef MisterA: