Minecraft Challenges
An Initiative of the CIJE Esports League
For Students in 5th Through 10th Grade
Invite your students to take part in a CIJE Minecraft Competition! Students create virtual projects based on four Jewish holiday-related themes as part of a club, class, or at home. The challenge is gamified to promote coding, detailed design, creativity, Jewish integration, and superb presentation skills. Your students can win badges and raffle entries and garner honor and prizes for their school! No teacher experience is required.
Current Minecraft Challenge
Get ready to design, build, and create in this Minecraft Maze competition inspired by the Menorah! Showcase your creativity in crafting the ultimate hunt.
Submissions are due by January 6, 2025.
Join In the Fun: Sign Up Your Class or School
Join our growing community of educators dedicated to integrating Minecraft into the classroom. Whether you’re using it to support curriculum, as a tool for innovative and diverse projects, or participating in the CIJE Minecraft challenges, we’re here to support you every step of the way.
If you’re an educator at a CIJE-network school, you can fill out this form to express your interest and get more information. Enroll your students in our competition to be eligible for teacher raffles and exciting prizes:
Educator FAQs
Here are a few quick links to helpful resources:
Minecraft offers training to help you feel comfortable with the game! Check out this link to join training sessions to guide you through playing the game.
If you would rather learn how to use MinecraftEDU independently, check out the tutorial worlds available in the Minecraft EDU learning library- in the app! From “How to move” to “How to place blocks,” Minecraft has many self-directed lessons you can try to learn the game!
Club/Classroom Model: In your Club/Classroom, give students accounts to access MinecraftEDU (we will provide licenses upon request, and an IT Guide is linked here) or let them bring in their Minecraft-enabled devices from home. Introduce students to the challenge and the badge structure of the competition, and watch them as they immediately get to work! Students can work as individuals or in teams of up to 3 participants. If they need help getting familiarized with MinecraftEDU, lessons, and tutorials are available in the learning Library (in the app) to help them learn to navigate the platform.
Independent (at home) Model: Share the competition flier in your newsletter! Let students, parents, educators see and hear about the upcoming challenges and encourage interested students to join! All they have to do is scan the QR code to get started! If they have any version of Minecraft available at home (EDU, pocket, XBOX, etc) they can participate!
For questions and support contact: minecraft@thecije.org