本文主要采用调查法和文献研究法，介绍应用于教育的3D虚拟世界和当前教育界备受瞩目的STEAM教育，着重探索如何将3D虚拟世界平台应用于STEAM教育课程，并研究出对应的教学设计。考虑到STEAM教育的特征和要求，作者尝试将这些特征与基于3D虚拟世界的教育教学相结合，研究出了基于3D虚拟世界平台的STEAM教育教学设计方法，这套设计方法包含了教学设计的主要步骤和原则，列举出了可设计课程的主要类别和一个案例。

Mainly by investigating and studying document, this paper will introduce the 3D Virtual World applied to education and the high-profile STEAM Education in the circle. Of course, this paper’s emphasis is how to apply the 3D Virtual World to STEAM Education curriculum, and how to design courses about it. Taking the factors and demands of STEAM Education into consideration, the author will attempt to combine these factors with the education based on the 3D Virtual World, and achieve a teaching design method of STEAM Education based on the 3D Virtual World. This teaching design method contains the main steps and factors, the main types of courses and an example.