DIY World Records 24 Reviews

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

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? Not really any but they were very engaged

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Stacking shoes

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, team work, social skills

“I thought the kid was really adaptable and engaging. Children enjoying coming up with creative ideas for the records.”

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Posted 4 days ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Measurement with time etc

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? N/A

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Most times turning the light on and off in 30 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? Literacy and numeracy

“The children initially took some time to grasp the concept, but once they did, they eagerly competed to break world records. They also found the literacy component enjoyable.”

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Posted 4 days ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? We focused on measurement and in particular time, length and amount.

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? Easily repeated with other students and keeping in touch with the 2025 world records.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Superlative, pushing boundaries and unreal

What was the most unique record achieved and why? gymnastics style record that made their bodies bend and stretch in all sorts of position under a time limit.

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, reading, digital technology, writing, maths, social sciences

“We loved this kit because it got us creating all sorts of world records. We also enjoyed the word superlative and using the timers, and bunting.”

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Posted 5 days ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? They had to do measurement of time, length, height and width. Lots of adding and subtracting too.

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 definitely use this in the future when we are doing a measurement unit. Lots of written and oral language opportunities here.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? lateral creative thinking

What was the most unique record achieved and why? The tallest jenga tower in 1 minute while reciting the alphabet.

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? Health and PE, English, Science, Maths

“The children took a while to understand the concept, but once they did, they were fiercely competing to see who would take out world records. The literacy component was fun too.”

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Posted 5 days ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Hands on and real life so very engaging

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 about different countries and their world records, learning about the history of the Guinness World Records, how to record accurately

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, enjoyable

What was the most unique record achieved and why? How many hops you can make while drinking a glass of water

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? Social Science, English

“Very engaging, and fun. Kids loved doing their world records. The resources were really well made and made for an excellent classroom display. Would definitely do this kit again.”

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Posted 5 days ago

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

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? Continue to extend measurement, possibly translation activities as we are rumaki reo

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Entertaining, engaging, extending

What was the most unique record achieved and why? ? Lots of creative thinking

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, sports, research, tech

“This was a great resource to get creative and extend skills”

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Posted 5 days ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Thinking about measurement - time and units.

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? Looking at the Olympics and world records that have been broken which was also brought up during our athletics practices.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, Creative, Mathematical

What was the most unique record achieved and why? We had a few sports based ones that were really fun - how many passes of a rugby ball between two people in one minute while wearing boxing gloves.

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? Lots of maths and literacy learning as well as health and p.e.

“This was great to look at with the Olympics as well. They loved getting the opportunity to create their own world records and break each others! The creativity was so awesome but also great links to maths - how do we assess how we have broken our world record?”

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Posted 5 days ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? It encouraged critical thinking and problem solving as well as measurement skills. Students often found that it was challenging to accurately and consistently measure something. This encouraged problem solving and team work.

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? Reading and research surrounding world 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, rewarding

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Bouncing a ball while blindfolded and and eating a cracker.

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? Literacy skills, cooperation skills

“The students were invested in this right from the beginning. I found it was a good kit for Term 4 as it was easy to pick up between the busy, mucky times that happen at this time of year. The students were all proud of their achievements and it allowed all students to be as competitive as they wanted to be.”

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Posted 5 days ago