How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? the timer was great, we did lots of counting, addition, subtraction

How many DIY World Records did your class make? unsure as since my little ones (year 1) were just learning about it, we didn't end up counting

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? the children enjoyed timing things with the timers - so this is something we will continue to use

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? lots of ;language was encouraged and used, maths etc!

“My children were very excited about this kit. on reflection, It probably would have been better for older children. We used most of it, but the children didn't quite get the concept so we made it a fun experience to do fun things instead.”

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Posted 1 year ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Great to use alongside our measurement unit with time keeping.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Linked to our unit on journeys, traveling from place to place and why.

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? PE; Reading (about record getters); Maths (graphing results); Science (hypothesis, results, recording)

“The children were engaged, interested and motivated by this unit. The enjoyed the hands on materials and extending things they read in record books into their own record attempts.”

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Posted 1 year ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? This gave a real life context and practical way into maths which especially appealed to our kinetic learners

How many DIY World Records did your class make? 8-10

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? They are still setting records in their independent time

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths, literacy, history, PE, a little bit of science and geography

“This was so rich and cross-curricular. All students were excited and we explored, maths, literacy, history, PE and more through engaging with this kit. Everyone had fun and some records were hilarious. Most knee raspberry noises LOL!”

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Posted 1 year ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? NA

How many DIY World Records did your class make? NA

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? NA

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

“Unfortunately there was not enough information when requesting the kit for me to establish whether it would work in the specific STEAM environment in which I teach. However, it looked fabulous and so I and my STEAM colleagues ordered 4 sets (1 set each). Once the kits reached us it became apparent that it did not lend itself to whole year level teaching and so we have not used the kits. They have not gone to waste though and have been offered to other class teachers to use as and when they are doing measurement in maths.”

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Posted 1 year ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Using different graphs for recording data and what works best for varying information.

How many DIY World Records did your class make?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? A knowledge of how to use graphs and what to use for the different types of measurement.

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Art, Reading, Writing

“So much achieved with my year 4-6 students creating and sharing their knowledge. All students participated by creating their own record to break, trialling, and recording using measurement, graphing and loads of laughs. Thank to the wonderful creators of this kit!”

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Posted 1 year ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Lots of measurements

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Continuing to try to beat records

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths science

“Great resource. Students had fun coming up with ideas for their own records.”

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Posted 1 year ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Made links to our measurement unit. Encouraged students to consider which measurement type was best and why for each record. Students used trial and error while writing their records.

How many DIY World Records did your class make? We had 20 records

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Collabotative learning. Commonwealth and Olympic games records. Equality and equity

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? PE and Health, in particular leadership, confidence, and resililence. Maths, Reading, Writing.

“The DIY World Records was used by years 4 and 5 students(43 students). It took a bit to organise at the beginning and required boundaries to set while making up the activities so they were not the same, dangerous or too difficult to complete. Once the activites were set and students understood how it worked and what was expected of them, they thoroughly enjoyed the kit and had a lot of fun. We ran it alongside our Measurement unit and was a great opportunity to put what they had learnt into practice.”

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Posted 1 year ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? It encouraged them to think about the best measurement to use for their chosen record as well as the importance of accurate measurement.

How many DIY World Records did your class make? 20 records all up

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? New physical activities have come about due to students creatively adapting things they usually do. It encourages them to be creative with the resources they have available.

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Oral language - a lot of discussion; Social Science - current events, historical events - what's been done in the past; geography - developing awareness of locations of different records.

“This kit is always a lot of fun! It is particularly successful with Year 7/8 students.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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