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DIY World Records 24 Reviews

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Anonymous
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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? measuring, assessing etc
How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?
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Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? on going research on different records,
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
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Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? fun, challenging, engaging
What was the most unique record achieved and why? how long you could do a bridge for while placing maths text books on your stomach (bridge is when you lay flat on your back on the ground then push up onto your hands and feet)
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
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, writing, reading
“My class last year was very competitive so they loved creating challenges then challenging each other. The same time the Olympics were on so it was a great tie in for our integrated unit”
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Posted 3 months ago
Hilton C
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Great link to measurement thinking - measuring length and keeping timing of various activities.
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? I would reduce the number of activities from 1-from-each-student, to events created by groups of students instead.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
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Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Colourful, mathematical, creative
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Rolling a ping pong ball 1 metre across the table top with your nose while your hands are behind your back. The students found it amusing watching each other trying to keep the ball on the table with only their nose.
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
25+
How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?
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Very likely
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? everyone in the rotation groups had a role to do while each person competed. They rotated through each role and monitored closely.
“It was an exciting kit to get started with. Kids were excited and so was I. Once we began the kids were able to manage themselves and rotate around the various activities set for the day. There was a lot of guidance by the kids themselves and enjoyment experienced from the kids from the different "Add Something Silly."”
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Posted 3 months ago
Kayla G
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Helpful for talking about different units of measurement and introduction into converting different units e.g seconds to minutes and vice versa.
How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?
Not Successful At All
Neutral
Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Incorporating more physical activity into learning, more designing own learning/challenges from the kids
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun active engaging
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Longest time keeping a balloon in the air, without using your hands and feet, while blowing raspberries. This was the most unique because kids surprised each other. The non sporty kids did better than the sporty kids.
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
25+
How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?
Not likely
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Very likely
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? A bit of maths, some English (superlatives, learning the alphabet), physical activity, languages
“My kids loved this kit. Great way to get kids active and enable them to be creative coming up with the challenges. The only downside for us is that we didn’t get all of the records completed as that took the most time. Overall lots of fun and engagement had by everyone :)”
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Posted 4 months ago
Megan J
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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Lots of timing, estimation and creative thinking.
How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?
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Neutral
Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Lots of chats about Olympics, records and extending thinking.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, fun and inventive
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Something to do with a Lego tower with one hand in the fastest time - we have many Lego fans in our class.
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
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? Lots of literacy in writing the unique world records - language features, adverbs, sentence structures etc.
“Our class of Year 4/5 students loved the kit and experimenting with lots of fun with records and competitions.”
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Posted 4 months ago
Anonymous
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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Different forms of measurement, units of measurement, what are they actually measuring/comparing/the importance of accurate measurement
How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?
Not Successful At All
Neutral
Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The language of superlatives.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, low floor, high ceiling
What was the most unique record achieved and why? They were all unique! One that was popular was a cup stacking tower, blindfolded while singing the alphabet backwards.
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
25+
How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?
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Very likely
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Literacy and mathematics, Health and PE: winning and losing - how do we handle that?
“A fabulous kit that linked in with the Olympics! We enjoyed learning about superlatives and having that integration with literacy. The tamariki had to think creatively when they were constructing their records and many didn't want to mix up the different parts of their records with others BUT after giving it a go they could see the potential to create something really unique AND funny. Loads of learning in a meaningful and engaging context.”
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Posted 4 months ago
Anonymous
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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? There was a lot of mathematical discussion throughout in particular ways to measure and record attempts
How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?
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Neutral
Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? A variety of different Health and PE opportunities, written language, reading and research.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? engaging, enjoyable, appealing
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Most cartwheels completed in 30 seconds. The class entertained themselves for hours practising and attempting this. It including problem solving and perseverance.
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
25+
How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?
Not likely
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Very likely
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Health & PE, Mathematics, Writing, Reading
“This was an engaging topic with the class enjoying the opportunity to create and set records. They enjoyed the practical attempting records that they created. It was originally planned to be completed around the time of the Olympics but had to be left until later.”
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Posted 4 months ago
Anonymous
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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? It tied in well to our measurement unit!
How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?
Not Successful At All
Neutral
Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? A lot of literacy learning
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, hands on, though provoking
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Most doors touched in 7 minutes with one hand behind your back!
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
25+
How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?
Not likely
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Very likely
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? This linked well into our Celebrations inquiry and led to many good learning opportunities in maths/literacy.
“We loved getting into our Kit and working through the activities. We ran out of time to get finished as it was Term 4 and busy busy!”
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Posted 4 months ago
Jacinda B
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? It was great to get the students completing multiple tests and therefore recording their data and ananylising this. They were about to make commonets and discuss what they could see from their results.
How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?
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Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Great discussons that also linked to science and a completing fair tests. Talking about variables and making sure that the tests were completed accurately every time.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Hands-on, engaging, curious
What was the most unique record achieved and why? We didn't have any super unique ones but the students worked on making them fun by adding in the silly element.
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
25+
How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?
Not likely
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Very likely
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Definitely links to science. This would be great prior to completing a science fair project if they were doing a fair test.
“This kit was fantastic for my enthusiastic class of year 6-8 students. They really enjoyed the creativity side of the kit and it linked well to learning we were doing around the Olympics at the time. The students loved researching other world records and finding out about things they had never heard of before. It was great for getting different groups of students working together and sharing ideas with new peers they might not usually work with. Overall such a fun and engaging kit that gets the kids doing the testing. Links well also to stats in Maths.”
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Posted 4 months ago
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