Isometric drawing using Minecraft Houses and Steve (Incl calculating the cost of houses)

This is the same lesson in two different formats, Promethean and PowerPoint. It is using the Minecraft character Steve and the fact they use blocks to build their world in the game.
It starts by getting the students drawing shapes using isometric paper (this is attached as a PDF from a free printable resource). The paper is also projected onto the board so you can show the students how it works (It’s normally the vertical sides they will get wrong). There are a few shapes they will copy off of the board, they can all do this on the paper, but also some students can come up and have a go on the board.
You then introduce Steve (a Minecraft character) and he needs to build a house, you get the students to draw all the combinations the house can take. There is then a price attached to the upkeep of the house, and ground rent, so each house will have a different cost, so they have to work out which is the best shaped house to have.
The students then write a little report on what they have found, and which is the best option and why. It could be less painting required, it could be the cheapest, easiest to build, there is no correct solution unless you specify the criteria that they find the cheapest etc…
This does work nicely as a group activity once the students can draw the shapes because they can discuss which they think is the best.