In this project we are going to learn what a Minecraft mob is and how you can interact with them in Minecraft.

First, open Minecraft Education Edition, login, create a new world and open the Code Builder.

Minecraft: Create a new coding project

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To create a new Minecraft coding project you will need to follow these steps:

1. Open Minecraft Education Edition on your device.
2. Login using your Minecraft account.
3. Click "Create New".
   
4. Click "New".
5. Choose the "Creative" option for the setting "Default Game Mode".
6. Click "Play" (your new world will take a few seconds to be created).
7. Open the Code Builder (the tool we use for creating code in Minecraft) by pressing the C button on your keyboard.
8. Click on the "New Project" button, give your project a name and then click on the "Create" button.
   

Mobs are beings, or entities, in a Minecraft world. They are the players, the monsters, the villagers, etc. Mobs can be spawned, killed, teleported, enchanted, and given items.

Types
A mob type is identified by a unique number. There are various types of mobs like animal or monster and you can use these to help you craft the mob you want.

Selectors
Selectors allow you to describe and select a group of mobs at once. For example, you can decide to select all players or select all chickens. Selection can be made by mob type, distance and other criteria. 

Did you know that pigs turn into zombie pigmen when they're struck by lightning in Minecraft? 

Let's create an event to trigger some code to run. Create an event for when your player swings an Iron Pickaxe.

player.onItemInteracted(IRON_PICKAXE, function () {
	
})

Now put a spawn block into the event block, like below, to spawn a pig 7 blocks away from your player.

player.onItemInteracted(IRON_PICKAXE, function () {
    mobs.spawn(PIG, pos(7, 0, 0))
})

Once you've added the new code, go back to the game and add the Iron Pickaxe to your equipment (press E on your keyboard and search for 'Iron Pickaxe'). Then swing the pickaxe by clicking the right mouse button. A pig should be spawned each time you swing it.

Next let's add some code to spawn a lightning bolt to hit the same location that the pig was spawned in. 

player.onItemInteracted(IRON_PICKAXE, function () {
    mobs.spawn(PIG, pos(7, 0, 0))
    mobs.spawn(LIGHTNING_BOLT, pos(7, 0, 0))
})

Run your code and swing the pickaxe, the pig should be created and then hit by lightning, turning it into a zombie pigman!