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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? They loved doing the car modification! Some added weights, others took apart part of their cars. They would tell me it wasn't needed anyway for the car to work!

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? Great kit, I am hoping it will be back again next year!!

“The tamariki had great fun learning about the different power sources, and how the cars worked. The loved the hands on element where they got to make the balloon cars first. Some tamariki got a little disheartened when these didn't work as well as others, but this enabled us to to talk about resilence and about not giving up. It was great to see that those that were struggling were supported by other students! When they got to build the solar cars, I have never seen them so excited to get outside and try them out! The only problem we had was the weather!. The second race was even better with all the alterations.”

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Posted 2 months ago

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? The students had to approach modifying their cars many times as some wouldn't move, some went backwards, some went in circles! While there very variying degrees of frustration and surprise, it was really neat to hear them problemsolve, move weights around ...even attaching chalk to the car so they could measure the distance travelled if the car didnt travel in a straight line.

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? Most students really enjoyed the hands on element while learning with this kit. they liked seeing what would happen when they modified the car or the course. We are looking forward to bringing them out again this term, now that its a but drier and sunnier, to try a few more modifications and explore the concepts further..

“Our year 5&6 class had some great learning experiences with the Solar Car kits. Everything needed is included in the kits and the students demonstrated perseverance, problem solving, and team work while making their cars. The video resources were helpful once it was time to explore energy transformation and the students loved taking the cars outside to experiment with this first hand.”

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Posted 2 months ago

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? They loved working together

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“Kids loved the collabortative experinece of building the car together also problem solving”

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Posted 2 months ago

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? This has been a huge interest, after watching a video the discussion on closer to the ground, how the panel is displayed and where. Weight at the back of the car. Such a great class discussion.

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? The students have really enjoyed this and they seem to want to race them alot in the last week of this term.

“I left this to the last week of the term and it was a hit with the girls and boys. They have enjoyed making these cars. The wires together were a bit tricky however with scissors I managed to extend the wire to twist and get it to work. Obviously if there is sun they go fast. Student also adjusted/modified them to make the cars go faster.”

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Posted 3 months ago

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? The students were very engaged and worked in small groups to modify the cars and they had to problem solve if the car wasn't fast enough and came up with ideas of removing heavy parts.

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? Students are still talking about this kit and we have had great feedback from parents. Our students are creating "pimped up" balloon cars as one of our market day products.

“The solar cars kit was very engaging for our students. We were inquiring into renewable energy resources and the kit formed part of our inquiry. We had great feedback from parents, as the students couldn't wait to tell them all about it at home.”

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Posted 3 months ago

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? Only a few students made modifications. They tested the effect of adding weight to different parts of the car.

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? Very positive! I have a boy heavy class and the hands-on learning suited them well. Parents are still commenting on the success in the children’s learning.

“This was a very successful unit. My students were invested in learning about solar energy and the future of using solar energy. It was very pleasing to see some students doing their own research into energy transfer. The only challenge we faced was finding a sunny day for the race. Term 2 was possibly not the best time of year.”

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Posted 3 months ago

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? They loved this and added some of their own modifications like adding different weights and heights (taking the tops off the cars) etc

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? Parents and students were very impressed. We used the solar cars as part of a display at our Create and Celebrate day and it was wonderful watching students showing their parents and explaining all of the learning from this one project. Thank you!

“We used our solar car kits as part of a Science unit for year 9 and 10 students. They absolutely LOVED engaging in this. It probably took between 1.5-2 hours for everyone to complete them correctly and then had some fun racing them. So impressed with all of the 'extras' that came in this kit and the bunting, tape and trophies were a fantastic touch! Wonderful to see the students follow up learning with hands on actvities.”

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Posted 3 months ago

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? There was a lot of discussions and testing of ideas.

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? They absolutely loved it and have asked when they can do more!

“The students in my class were engaged in our Solar Cars unit especailly with the hands on experiences they had. They were able to work with a buddy to support and help each other, and then make additions to their cars so they would go faster. Great problem solving!”

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