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DIY World Records 24 Reviews

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Great motivation to enjoy meaningful maths learning
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? Connected well Olympics event
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, 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?
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
“Great way to engage more active learners.”
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Posted 9 months ago
Jess H
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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Measuring
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? Unsure
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, engaging, exciting
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Unsure
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? 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 9 months ago
Anonymous
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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.
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? integrated into writing
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, engaging, challenging
What was the most unique record achieved and why? can't remember
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? 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 9 months ago
Anonymous
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Through a range of different mathematical concepts- measurement inquiry statistics
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? 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
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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Very High
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?
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? 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 9 months ago
Anonymous
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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Lots of engagement with measurement - distance, timing, speed.
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? Ideas for further physical challenges, exploring other records that have been achieved.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
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?
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? 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 9 months ago
Anonymous
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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.
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? We linked this in with the olympics and of course the Guiness world record books are always a hit with our 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? 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?
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? 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 9 months ago
Anonymous
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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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Neutral
Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Perhaps to teach more problem solving skills
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
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
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? 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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Posted 9 months ago
Linda W
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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? A great lead to the science and math investigation process we have been working on as a whole school
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? Study of the human body systems
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Great starting point
What was the most unique record achieved and why? The way we adapted the program steered away from world records and more into human anatomy
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? Literacy, science, social science
“Found this kit to be a little bit on the young side for our ākonga in Y7. Although we did manage to adapt the ideas to fit our needs.”
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Posted 9 months ago
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