Also, get blockbench to design your own MC 3D models -- this will be more accessible to your child and they can be more independent quicker with this part (speaking as a parent in the same situation).

The 'visual' mod creator for Minecraft (MCreator) actually uses a Scratch-inspired symbolic language that then gets translated to Java. It writes terrible code, but you never have to see it. I would recommend it, but it needs some trial and error and helping the kid think through concepts.

I would be interested from the perspective of using such models in target ID and drug discovery. For example, it would be very helpful to define criteria for evaluating in silicon pertubation predictions, as well as single cell annotations...