Clash of Clans Maths Lesson - Problem Solving

Almost all the children in my classes play Clash of Clans, so I thought it would a good basis to try my first 3-Act lesson, as per Dan Meyer.


Act 1: The set-up
Introduce Clash of Clans / make sure everyone understands it
Show video of time-lapse growth and ask for questions
Discuss everyone’s questions – which interesting, which mathematical etc
Make list of these so can come back to them and try to answer
Ask for estimates of real cost of walls in gems.

Act 2: The Wrestle
Ask what sort of information we’d need to work out the answer
Discuss approach:
keep it precise
help with proportion / rate problems if need be but