In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? This kit was good for my high fliers and the children were engaged by the escape room element so it allowed them to develop their strategic thinking when they actually completed the room. They did need a lot of scaffolding up until that point though.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? They enjoyed the escape room element so I would look at doing something around that again.

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? I am a big advocate for STEM learning however I didn't enjoy this kit very much. For my students it required A LOT of learning prior to taking on the escape room and I was a bit put off initially as I struggled to interpret the teaching plan.

“Initially I found this kit quite hard to implement. I've used School Kit a lot in the past and this kit took me the longest to understand. I just wasn't quite sure how to start and there were lots of steps to follow and 'tick off'.”

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Posted 3 years ago

In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? My students were able to use problem solving skills to work through the tasks.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Writing, reading and more science in the future. It always pays to be able to reflect back on learning from previous lessons, which is what we can do to this one.

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? I always find it hard to integrate STEM into daily teaching and incorporate it into the core subjects. This was a great way to to that.

“It was a really awesome kit! Very interactive.”

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Posted 3 years ago

In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? Multiple opportunities for coding and linking these to other puzzle solving activities encouraged strategic thinking. The element of competition amongst the class also encouraged strategic thinking.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Links to NZ history, writing opportunities and algebra with patterns and making patterns. Thank you so much for the kit. It has Brough both learning and enjoyment to both myself and my class.

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? I found this kit easy to use and it has expanded my repertoire of STEM activities. The enjoyment was added to by the learning I was able to do and share with my students. I always feel it is important to let the students see me as a learner as well.

“This kit was absolutely engaging for my students. The way the setup replicated an escape room kept the engagement through the whole kit. “My kids loved it all-Highlights included learning multiple coding methods and flying our planes to check our accuracy and aerobatic skills. We did a lot of extended challenges with this kit and our buzz plane races were a wonderful culmination of the learning. The integration of STEAM with this kit has been particularly useful.”

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Posted 3 years ago

In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? They had to use problem solving skills and work together

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Desire to do more stem

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? I love STEM but my confidence wasn’t the greatest but this kit is fantastic and gave me the confidence to use it more in class

“My class loved it. They were able to make connections across subjects. Unfortunately didn’t finish as received in term 3 then went into lockdown as I’m in Auckland. I am looking forward to finishing it out term 4”

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Posted 3 years ago

In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? Problem solving when they needed to adjust their thinking.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Students have asked to do more stem activities!

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? I have so enjoyed the opportunity to use stem and my confidence has increased in teaching. Encouraging the students to be creative.

“This kit was awesome! Allowed students to really be creative!”

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Posted 3 years ago

In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? The code cracking / problem solving really promoted all of the NZ curriculum's key competencies - Thinking, managing self, participating & contributing, language symbols & text and relating to others. It was also a great kit because of the NZ history comp

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Because one group in my class was undertaking this learning other groups decided that they also wanted to engage in 'inquiry' STEAM type learning. One group decided to design a leaf cutter bee hive. Another group ran/started a business to use up left over

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? Yes, after the kit I have taught naval flags to another group of learners who find learning difficult because of the engagement and thinking component.

“I originally ordered the Jean Batten kit for my whole class but changed it to a group of 8 (literacy group) because I found that I wanted to push the problem solving/code cracking skills with a smaller group, rather than a larger one, so I could manage it more effectively. This worked and I was able to support the group during their guided learning sessions. They were successful with my support and the teacher guide, otherwise some of the code cracking activities may have been too difficult or caused frustration with the group. The group enjoyed the challenges with the correct amount of teacher support. They felt proud of their work and kept a modelling book with all of their learning. At the end of the learning the whole class took part in the thunder storm and the buzz planes to feel a connection to what the literacy group had been doing.”

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Posted 3 years ago

In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? Some students found reading instructions challenging so this was good it made them slow down and show some determination.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Really helped to bring a kiwi icon and her achievements to life

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? Yep definitely looking for more ways to bring stem into my classes

“This was a fantastic kit, best yet. I was a little late getting it started due to lockdown. The students enjoyed the activities and it was a nice way to finish the term.”

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Posted 3 years ago

In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? It really challenged them to work through a problem systematically.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? It'd be interesting to build into other NZ Historical figures

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? It supported it well.

“The students really enjoyed this kit and it was well supplied. A fun context.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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