DIY World Records 24 Reviews

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Students had to apply their knowledge of measuring accurately using standard units and learning to accurately time themselves. There was lots of thinking and discussion around comparing records and calculating differences.

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? Incorporating physical challenges into maths.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Hands on, fun, challenging

What was the most unique record achieved and why? How many students can skip in a large rope at the same time for 20 consecutive jumps. Students were not confident at skipping so this challenge helped to motivate them to build their skill level.

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Literacy, numeracy, Health/PE

“My students loved challenging themselves and attempting to break some records. The kit had useful resources like the tape measures and egg timer. The badges were popular too.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Minute timers were great and novel for most. The measuring tapes were a wonderful resource, thank you.

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? Data gathering and the process of investigating a hypothesis

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun Exploration Creative

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Most marshmallows in the mouth!!! Kids loved it!!

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Literacy - adjectives, comparative adjectives and superlative adjectives. Excellent!

“We loved the hands on creative activities that we could do. The teamwork and helping each other out with each of the data gathering activities was a great way to get everyone working together. It was also a great way to learn what superlatives are.”

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Posted 9 months ago

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

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? Measuring and athletics day recently

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Creative, Freedom, team work

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Cardboard box stacking.

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

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

“Students analysed previous records from Guiness Books and had to come up with their own. It was great because some students were headstrong with their idea and when it came to their rotation it failed. They went back to the coloured cards and replanned.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Encouraged statistical data.

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? Interest in Guiness World Record Books

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, competitive, engaging

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Tried to set a planing record

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? PE and Social Studies

“Great to challenge students, whilst exploring The Olympics.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? There were plenty of opportunities for students to practice mathematical thinking. We measured, recorded data, analysed data, created graphs etc. The students enjoyed all of the different activities.

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? Students have plenty of opportunities to use their knowledge from this kit and the concepts it went over to help them with further activities that we have encountered/participated in over the year.

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, engaging, exciting

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Completing a high number of timetables in 1 minute on our times tables programme.

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? PE, Maths, Reading, Writing, and Inquiry.

“I originally requested the DIY World Records kit to work alongside teaching my students about the Olympics. The kit came with plenty of resources and was easy to use alongside my inquiry unit. The students enjoyed the variation of activities and resources. They thought the kit was fun, exciting, and engaging. I would definitely use a kit like this again. Thank you!”

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Posted 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? lots of thinking about units of measurement

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? linked to olympics

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? fun, busy, high energy

What was the most unique record achieved and why? most kick flips on a skateboard while drawing an 8 with your non-dominant hand

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? linked to olympics

“we loved the cards, badges and hours of laughs”

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Posted 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Measuring, both distance and time

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? Not many to be honest

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Handy, supportive, fun

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Walking along while balancing books on your head

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Just maths, some writing of records

“This was a great resource to use to support our team maths unit on measurement”

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Posted 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? We linked the kit into statistics and measurement, so it worked great

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? It linked into our inquiry about Auaha. We also often talk about world records often.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Creative, fun, engaging

What was the most unique record achieved and why? We incorperated balance. parkour and dodgeall into one while singing the Samoan National Anthem.

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

5 or less

25+

How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? I feel that we incorporated many curriculum areas.

“We loved the kit so much. There was a lot of in-depth learning, and a super duper amount of fun was had. We enjoyed the auaha (creativity and innovation) that the kit involved. It also made an excellent-looking display.”

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Posted 9 months ago