DIY World Records 24 Reviews

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? The badge, timer, certificate

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Yes! It motivate students a lot more because it definitely makes Maths more engaging and fun.

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? fun, engaging, motivating

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Not unique but solid improvement across the board.

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

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25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Digital technology-record their own achievement using devices. Literacy-conducting research report and make comparison. Art-Incorporate into the classroom display.

“The DIY World Records kit is a fantastic resource that provides students with various opportunities to set and record their own world records, fostering a sense of pride. Through using the kit, they are able to learn statistical investigation by documenting their own achievements. The badges further motivate them, encouraging learning through the reward of earning badges.”

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Posted 4 days ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Great motivation to enjoy meaningful maths learning

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Connected well Olympics event

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, challenging, active

What was the most unique record achieved and why? book balancing, the strategies were very diverse.

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

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25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths

“Great way to engage more active learners.”

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Posted 4 days ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Measuring

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Unsure

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, engaging, exciting

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Unsure

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

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25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? na

“We really enjoyed exploring weird records and then creating our own. Students enjoyed trying to beat the set records.”

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Posted 4 days ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? It was a great practical way to engage students in maths. They had to apply their mathematical thinking in real world contexts.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? integrated into writing

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? fun, engaging, challenging

What was the most unique record achieved and why? can't remember

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

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25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? integrated with writing and social sciences.

“It fitted in well with the olympics. Students really enjoyed creating their own 'events' and having a go at setting records.”

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Posted 4 days ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Through a range of different mathematical concepts- measurement inquiry statistics

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? They ran workshops and activities for the rest of the year 5/6 team. It provided an authentic experience of recording, measuring team building and communication with one another

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging excitement challenge

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Our long jump challenge

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

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25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths physical education

“Absolutely an engaging resource. My students loved every minute of exploring this resource. It challenged their thinking. It brought an element of competition too which was just fabulous.”

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Posted 4 days ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Lots of engagement with measurement - distance, timing, speed.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Ideas for further physical challenges, exploring other records that have been achieved.

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Motivating, competitive, fun

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Most backwards non-stop skips with eyes closed.

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

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25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Extended vocabulary, moment in time writing, reading about Olympics and other competitions, some physics.

“Students were highly engaged and absolutely loved working through this kit. Tied in perfectly with the Olympics! Kids were motivated by the competitive nature of the kit.”

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Posted 4 days ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Through the problem solving, ideation and refining of the record task. Children had to hands on measure in a variety of ways and they were eager to do this and because of the competitive nature of the kit and tasks they took this very seriously and with accuracy.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We linked this in with the olympics and of course the Guiness world record books are always a hit with our kids.

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, student-led and designed

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Most stacking cups stacked top to top, bottom to bottom, using least dominant hand while blind folded in 1 min.

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

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25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Tied in to our inquiry, Mitey mental health, school values of pukumahi and resilience. Awesome health and PE links.

“This kit was a great way to spring in vocabulary and measurement in an interesting and engaging way. Our children loved aiming to beat the 'record' and the creation of the records really made the children extend their thinking and problem solving skills.”

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Posted 4 days ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Some struggled to get engaged

How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Perhaps to teach more problem solving skills

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Challenging, teacher led

What was the most unique record achieved and why? How fast someone could count to 100

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths

“Compared to other kits, this one was hard to grasp the concept and explain to my class. It needed to be heavily scaffolded and would need to be a whole inquiry topic.”

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