DIY World Records 24 Reviews

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? To a small degree

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? Thos ties in well with the school wide Olympic games topic next term.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Completing times tables while successfully hitting a target on the wall within 1 minute.

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Fitness, values, science (fair testing) maths (measurement)

“This was a really engaging kit with a variety of activities and awesome resources.”

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Posted 5 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? There was a definite shift in the way students engaged in their mathematical throughout this kit.

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? Students have begun to challenge other classrooms, it has had a great impact of social interactions as well!

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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

What was the most unique record achieved and why? One involving hopping and reciting Kens theme song

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Math & Physical health.

“Our class loved this kit - it was such a great way to incorporate practical thinking, problem solving and some hidden math fun!”

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Posted 5 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Timing, averages, milliseconds, statistics

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? Learning around the olympics and records

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, innovative, student-led

What was the most unique record achieved and why? So far, fastest run around the court backwards with a tutu. Measured in seconds

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Research - record holders, PE, Statistics, Class Culture

“The DIY World Records Schoolkit box has been a fun activity for us to explore during the final weeks of term. Students in my class enjoy competition and so they value the 'challenge' factor. It also has been good for including student voice within the class, as they have come up with creative ideas to set records for. It gave students opportunities to showcase interesting strengths or differences in a positive light.”

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Posted 5 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? By getting students to measure both time and distance and compare with each other

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? We will be using some of the ideas to try and continue to break records

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, Busy, Active

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Nothing unique

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

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

“The students enjoyed the opportunity to look at records and try new things out”

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Posted 5 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? It got the students to think about how results are recorded and how we can find out different results using different calculations.

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? Showing an interest in sport, especially the Olympics.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, competitive and student focused

What was the most unique record achieved and why? How many mandarin slices you can eat in one minute?

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Inquiry, P.E and Maths

“It was a great way to incorprate maths with everyday life. The students had a wonderful time, completing in competitions to see how they could hold a record on something.”

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Posted 6 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? measuring, predicting, collecting data, getting average..

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? olympics

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? exciting, expecting, inspiring

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Even our principal joined in for the long jump!

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science, Literacy, Music, STEM, PE

“What an incredible kit to inspire every child to reach their fullest potential!”

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Posted 6 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? We had to figure out ways to measure the different records the students came up with, which meant exploring different units of measurement, especially if we didn't factor time into our records.

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? This kit was a great springboard into chat about the Olympics, which is coming up next term.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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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? Highest card tower - it was the most challenging for our kids

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Other than maths and literacy, the big one for us was social sciences - while exploring the current records through GNR, we had a lot of conversations about countries and different cultures around the world.

“This kit is a fantastic, fun and super engaging kit to do with children of all ages. My Year 6-8 class loved this kit, although we primarily used it with our Year 6 cohort. We had a lot of fun exploring some of the current Guinness World Records, especially the really odd ones before we had a go at creating our own. What followed was four weeks of record-breaking competition, of all types! A great way to incorporate many areas of the currilcum.”

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Posted 7 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? measurement of time and distances mainly - but encouraged lots of discussion around math vocabulary and terms.

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? This has been an opportunity to 'front-load' my English language learners. They have been able to go back to class and share their success with others. It has also made them experts to share this experience with others in their class.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Keeping a feather in the air, with their breath. Not sure if it was that unique, but it was fun for my groups and lots of language around floating, blowing, fluttering etc.

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, Literacy, English language learning.

“Great resource - I have used this with a math and language focus for my English Language Learners. The cards are helpful as prompts for them to put together sentences and think of the parts they will need to include. In addition we were able to use math language alongside the records that the students were measuring - made it a fun activity to boost their language and learning.”

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Posted 7 months ago