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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Each student came up with an idea to test and submitted one to a class pool - students then chose from the pool to compete Kids continued it on as a rainy day activity - used it with some senior students and big buddies. As a part of class news they wro

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Students continue to use it and link to athletics for summer months

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? We didn't use all of the kits components - students enjoyed using digital timers so they could check in to see how much time had passed, it also proved a bit tricky for some more extravagant challenges - the egg timer wasn't long enough. Students focused

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“Kit components were to a high quality 'Superlatives' might be pitched a bit high for junior students it required a lot of teacher input Worked really well as an idea for wet lunchtimes - students could compete and record results independently”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? n/a

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“Kia Ora Team I still have not taught this unit as yet. I'm hoping to teach it this coming term, however, we only have 8 weeks this term and already it's looking pretty chocka with what we are expected to teach within our kura. Kyla”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The Guiness Book of Word Records is one of the favourite books in the library, so we were able to use World Records as reading activities, as well as maths. Our unit this term focused on personal growth and development as part of the HPE curriculum area.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will continue to work on the measurement of time and distance.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? We used measurement of time, (and distance in some cases) in a meaningful way. We could have created graphs to record our attempts if we had more time.

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“This kit was a great resource. We used it as part of a wider unit on challenges and personal growth. The students were excited about the resources, and motivated to be creative in setting their record. Everyone present on our world record day was successful in achieving their goal. They had so many unique and creative ideas!”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? I loved the way it encouraged my students to think outside of the box when it came to creating their records. They were using all areas of the curriculum as well as making connections to their prior knowledge.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We can definitely work on becoming more accurate with our measurement skills as this was something we are still new to. We are also going to be continuing to develop social/teamwork skills such as the understanding of fairness and working together towards

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? The different ways of measuring each attempt (laps, seconds, songs, cm, inches and minutes) really supported their mathematical thinking. For some records we were looking for the fastest so had to go on the smallest result and were some we were looking fo

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“My class of year 1 and 2 students were very engaged with this resource. We spent a little bit time talking about possible records and brainstorming ideas that were sensible and manageable within the classroom setting. The creative nature of some of the records they created blew me away. My students had so much fun trying to beat each of these records. The children who wrote each one loved wearing the "official"tags and being the judges for each attempt. A great way to keep children engaged in their learning- thank you!”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? There were many discussions around how this was not just maths, and how we needed other learning areas and equipment to complete the tasks we set ourselves. A great example of inquiry based learning for younger students.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The students have spoken at length of athletics and sports days, of pet day and markets, how we measure things and how we can change the parameters of expectations too. We shall be approaching term 4 learning with this lens and better defining our learnin

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? We were able to take computational thinking and apply it to a read world shared experience as a class. My students gained much understanding of how the maths they learn has application in daily life and how their scientific understanding of theories and t

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“Was so much fun, and easy to follow. My students learnt a lot and I will absolutely do this again given the opportunity.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Engaged in maths

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? none

How many DIY World Records did your class make? Non

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Used the measurement equipment for our measurement unit which was great and children enjoyed using the tape measures and timers.

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“Good”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Children created reporting videos based on their world record attempts. They discussed the challenges they faced, the emotions they felt, and what they learned from this as part of a Health/P.E Inquiry.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? They have learned that if they put in the work and say they can or can't it's true.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Measurement, time, and area were taught in a hands-on real-life situation. Students enjoyed problem-solving, exploring, and finding out more.

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“We found this kit highly motivating and an extremely useful learning resource. Thank you so much !”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We incorporated the science investigation cycle into this unit.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? More science investigations and the importance of fair testing.

How many DIY World Records did your class make?

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? It was great for their record keeping and accuracy in measurement and time.

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“Thank you for this kit. I actually ended up giving it to a BT who used the kit. It was great for them to see how we can think outside of the box to engage our learners.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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