What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Students developed an interest in circuits and wanted to explore this further

What opportunities arose for cross curricular learning while teaching this kit? We were able to do lots of writing about our noticing and also shared our work at the school science fair

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How did the components of this kit allow your students to explore the topic of energy transformation? Made play dough critters and included a circuit to light a bulb. Made popcorn and tales about how energy moved from one part to another.

“First time user and was confused by a box of stuff with no overview. Struggled to figure out how to get started, but once I had learned to navigate site found it much easier. Batteries included in kit were insufficient to power bulbs so had to source other batteries. Students loved the activities and responded well to hands on tasks.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Not much this time around

What opportunities arose for cross curricular learning while teaching this kit? writing - used the experiments for writing experiences

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How did the components of this kit allow your students to explore the topic of energy transformation? It was too hard for my year 1-2 students so had to do extra research and find some other things for them. Definitely aimed more towards older students. Children did enjoy some of the experiments so used those to create writing experiences.

“It was a bit too hard for my year 1-2 students”

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Posted 3 years ago

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? As above

What opportunities arose for cross curricular learning while teaching this kit? I found the kit a bit too advanced for my Year 1 class

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How did the components of this kit allow your students to explore the topic of energy transformation? They provided good discussions

“Great pack, loads of experiences”

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Posted 3 years ago

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are growing beans in Term 4 and will be able to talk about photosynthesis and the energy flow through food chains. We have been focusing on conservation too, so will be talking about how we can conserve energy.

What opportunities arose for cross curricular learning while teaching this kit? We were using the kit when we celebrated Matariki in class. We had a school Hangi and were able to follow the energy transformations from the sun, to wood, to the fire, to heating the rocks and cooking our food. We then talked about how the food gave us e

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How did the components of this kit allow your students to explore the topic of energy transformation? We did the LED activity which got us thinking about stored energy in the battery and how that transformed to light energy. We were then able to think about other things that use batteries and what kind of energy it transforms to. With the popcorn activity

“We enjoyed this kit. The children felt this was ";real science";. They loved the popcorn activity, and connecting up the LED's. We have electricity all through our lives, but the children had not thought about this before. This kit got us thinking about how much we rely on electricity, and how we can conserve energy.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? As I said we branched into technology with using the Makey makes. We will then look further with this by looking at basic algorithms.

What opportunities arose for cross curricular learning while teaching this kit? Yes absolutely. We followed this up with working with the Makey Makies and we did some basic technology work with this.

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How did the components of this kit allow your students to explore the topic of energy transformation? It helped the students think about the things in their lives that need power and how power works. They were able to hands on explore basic circuits.

“This was a fantastic opportunity for my students to explore and understand how things work, what power is and basic circuitry. Thanks so much for the opportunity.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Thanks so much for providing this amazing kit. Most of the ideas were fantastic and worked really well in our year 1 and 2 hub. The Rube Goldberg (chain reactions) activities were perfectly geared towards our age group and the students had a lot of fun whilst learning important scientific ideas. Again pop corn was a very visible (and yummy) way to show energy transformations. I loved the idea of electric playdough, however, it wasn't quite as easy as you made it seem. Luckily I made a batch at home to practice before doing it with the students. Your video showed a battery pack powering the Leds, however, you only supplied a single battery. I found that this was not strong enough to power the led. I am fortunate that my husband was able to solder batteries together to create a stronger power source and these worked amazingly well. The students adored this activity!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Thank you for a great kit. Room 7 spent a lot of time experimenting with the circuits. We learnt new vocabulary around Electricity and there was a lot of engaged conversation. The students were fascinated by the circuits and why we were putting wires in playdough, attached to batteries. Students always enjoy making and eating popcorn but I think using vocab like ";transformation and kinetic energy"; adds a different spin and encourages curiosity in the children.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“The little light bulbs didn't work unfortunately for the playdough circuits.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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