DIY World Records 24 Reviews

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Thinking about what will be measured and then ways to ensure accuracy with the measurements. We also explored different approaches to collecting and displaying data.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Linking it to goal setting - is what you are setting out to do measurable - what are you measuring with this goal? Also, when doing scientific experiments, understanding the term 'variable' was helpful and a good connection.

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

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Most laps around the field in Mrs Brookes' high heels without losing your balance. The record was 3/4 of a lap.

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

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25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science, Social Sciences, Health and PE

“This kit was great to help students think about how we measure things - is it time, distance, amount etc - and consider variables. The guidance in creating their own really drew out their creativity and made for a great class bonding activity. It was also perfect timing with the Olympics - a great real world connection.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? All of the measurement equipment was really useful and helped students to think about how we use measurement in different ways.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Students were excited to learn more about other world records, and some have taken up hobbies linked to their records. The use of language was powerful too.

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

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Completing the most Heave-hos with a buddy in 30 seconds while chanting 'I'm the potato king'.

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

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25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Mathematics, Literacy, Digital Tech, PE, Health, The Arts

“I used this unit with the year 3 & 4 syndicate, about 50 kids broken into two groups. They did it as part of an interchange and had about 6 sessions on it each over a term. It was a very engaging unit, and students were all really excited for each new session. They loved watching other world records, and enjoyed the process of making a world record. The biggest challenge came when we were attempting world records as students soon discovered there world record was too easy/hard or needed a lot of equipment. If we had more time on the unit, I'd let students go back and tweak their record to make it more acheivable/challenging.”

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Posted 9 months ago

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

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The concept of what makes a record worthy

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

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Splits while balancing books on heads.

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

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25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Health and PE, Maths

“Fun, engaging, and a great companion to our inquiry on the Olympics. However, my heavily ESOL, mostly Year 4 class struggled with some of the concepts, particularly coming up with the records.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? The World record challenge tables were useful showing the challenge name and attempt number. This was motivating for a challenger to continue trying to improve their times and scores.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Skipping challenges as part of our Jump Rope challenge.

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Exciting, Motivating, Engaging.

What was the most unique record achieved and why? The Baked Bean Challenge: How many baked beans can you eat one at a time with chop sticks.

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

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25+

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

“It is an engaging kit with strong links to statistics and mathematics. Great materials in the kit including sand timers and bunting.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Measuring, looking at data and other statistical work

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Time did not allow I am sorry to say

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? fun interactive and engaging

What was the most unique record achieved and why? N/A

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

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25+

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

“Thought the ideas and resources were excellent. A lot of fun for our tamariki and a great way of learning. The most difficult part of your resources is that the planning sheet is it is not very teacher- friendly and needs to be broken down more so we can more readily pick it up and use.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? A big measurement section was explored.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Olympic values

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, inventive and student driven

What was the most unique record achieved and why? There were many unique records

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

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25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Olympic values, sportsmanship, mathematical thinking, physical education, health

“The children loved the concept of competition and the values associated with it. The challenges they created for eachother were inventive and fun. It linked to the Olympic Games very well. It was alot of fun!”

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Posted 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? How and what to measure for choosing our own World Records to measure.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Tally charts and graphs

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

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Squats against wall with a cup on head

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

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25+

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? English - vocab

“We enjoyed many aspects of the DIY world records. It tied in well with maths learning about the Olympics.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? The measuring tapes, egg timers and numerical badges assisted students in being able use them for timing of events, placing participants in ordinal numbers and measuring distances depending on the event.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Measurement of length and ordinal numbers.

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? stimulating, enjoyable, engaging

What was the most unique record achieved and why? The measurement of the length of 'single leg hops'

How many new DIY World Records did your class create?

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25+

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

“The DIY World Records resource pack enabled students to decide what "Olympic Events" they would apply and/or use, using mathematical approaches, depending on what resources were available to use within the pack.”

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Posted 9 months ago