Students at the University of Hull have created Molcraft, a Minecraft-style "world with structures of proteins, chemicals and even some chemical history” which can be downloaded and run for classroom use in teaching chemistry. Like all good ways of sparking a child’s imagination, it requires them to set their own goals. The creators, Mark Lorch and Joe Mills, believe they have turned the process of exploring and learning about molecules into a game. “Chemistry is one of those subjects that has been around since ancient times but it was not until recently that we started to see how much there is out there,” says Mills.
Students at the University of Hull have created Molcraft, a Minecraft-style "world with structures of proteins, chemicals and even some chemical history” which can be downloaded and run for classroom use in teaching chemistry. The creators, Mark Lorch and Joe Mills, believe they have turned the process of exploring and learning about molecules into a game. “Chemistry is one of those subjects that has been around since ancient times but it was not until recently that we started to see how much there is out there,” says Mills.