{"id":722,"date":"2026-09-22T14:24:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/index.php\/archive\/muld\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T20:18:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:18:49","slug":"muld","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/index.php\/archive\/muld\/","title":{"rendered":"Muld"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lco-p\"><div class=\"lco-p-hero\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3d212117b80a46ec443a2acc66ed55c5.jpg\" alt=\"Muld\"><div class=\"lco-p-fade\"><\/div><div class=\"lco-p-txt\"><p class=\"lco-p-eyebrow\">Learning games <span class=\"lco-hvem\">LUCUS<\/span><\/p><h1 class=\"lco-p-titel\">Muld<\/h1><p class=\"lco-p-lead\">A learning game for lower-secondary pupils. It gives them a fun and instructive look at sustainable farming.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lco-p-facts\"><div><b>Smartboard + devices<\/b><span>Platform<\/span><\/div><div><b>Grades 7\u20139<\/b><span>Age group<\/span><\/div><div><b>Farming, sustainability<\/b><span>Subjects<\/span><\/div><div><b>Free to play<\/b><span>Availability<\/span><\/div><\/div><section class=\"lco-p-sec\"><h2>What<\/h2><div><p>Muld is a classroom learning game that teaches pupils about farming and life as a farmer in an intuitive and entertaining way. Pupils compete to run the most successful farm. They make important decisions about finances, family life, animal welfare and the environment \u2013 and have to prove their knowledge of farming to secure EU subsidies and bank loans.<\/p><p>Muld is designed as a digital board game: the board is shown on the classroom smartboard, and each pupil runs their own farm from their own device.<\/p><\/div><\/section><div class=\"lco-p-band\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Gameboard-1.png\" alt=\"Muld \u2013 the game board\"><p class=\"lco-p-cap\">The game board, shown on the smartboard<\/p><\/div><section class=\"lco-p-sec\"><h2>Why<\/h2><div><p>Farming has historically been Denmark\u2019s most important industry. In recent years a large part of the population has moved further from the countryside and into the cities, where milk and eggs are something that comes from the supermarket shelf. Muld is an entertaining learning game that teaches pupils, simply and clearly, where their food comes from.<\/p><p>Muld is built on the common cross-curricular focus areas and tailored to a course on farming. By concentrating on the key subject terms and learning goals, it can be the starting point for a lively debate about sustainable agriculture.<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"lco-p-sec\"><h2>How<\/h2><div><p>Muld is designed to look like the games pupils play every day, which gives them an easy way in. It takes just five minutes of tutorial before the game can start.<\/p><p>To start a game, the teacher connects their device to the smartboard and tailors the session: how many seasons the game should last, how many minutes each season takes, and how much money each farm starts with. Once all pupils have joined, the teacher starts the game.<\/p><\/div><\/section><div class=\"lco-p-shots lco-p-shots-3\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Overview-1.png\" alt=\"Muld \u2013 overview\"><\/figure><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bank-1.png\" alt=\"Muld \u2013 the bank\"><\/figure><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GoalsDreams-1.png\" alt=\"Muld \u2013 goals and dreams\"><\/figure><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/chickenFacility_mockup-1.png\" alt=\"Muld \u2013 chicken facility\"><\/figure><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Muld_Cover.jpg\" alt=\"Muld cover\"><\/figure><\/div><p class=\"lco-p-cap lco-p-cap-inline\">On the farm \u2013 research for the game<\/p><div class=\"lco-p-shots lco-p-shots-3\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-2.jpg\" alt=\"Muld in the classroom and the game board\"><\/figure><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-5.jpg\" alt=\"Jersey cows\"><\/figure><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-7.jpg\" alt=\"The team on the farm\"><\/figure><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-10.jpg\" alt=\"Muld farm illustration\"><\/figure><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-6.jpg\" alt=\"Milking parlour\"><\/figure><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-4.jpg\" alt=\"On the farm\"><\/figure><\/div><section class=\"lco-p-sec lco-p-cred\"><h2>Credits<\/h2><dl><dt>Design and development<\/dt><dd>LUCUS<\/dd><dt>Teacher\u2019s guide<\/dt><dd><a href=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Laerervejledning-til-Muld-v1.1.pdf\">L\u00e6rervejledning til Muld (PDF, Danish)<\/a><\/dd><dt>Play<\/dt><dd><a href=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/play\/muld\/\">Play Muld in the browser (lucusco.com\/play\/muld)<\/a><\/dd><\/dl><\/section><div class=\"lco-p-next\"><div><p class=\"lco-p-eyebrow\">Next project<\/p><a class=\"lco-p-tile\" href=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/index.php\/archive\/demokrati-team\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/b25887e93dd4cbdc1b773f731afc88bc.jpg\" alt=\"Demokrati Team\"><span>Demokrati Team<\/span><\/a><\/div><div><a class=\"lco-p-back\" href=\"https:\/\/lucusco.com\/#archive\">\u2190 Back to Archive<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning games LUCUS Muld A learning game for lower-secondary pupils. 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