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DIY World Records 24 Reviews

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Jude G
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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Posing questions, collecting data, recording and monitoring attempts, data to then use for analysis
How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?
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Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Statistics
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
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Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, hands-on, engaging
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Most times a ball bounced on a turning tennis racquet
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
25+
How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?
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Very likely
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? PE, health, Maths
“This was my second time doing the DIY World Records Kit and I enjoyed it even more this time. My students created great ideas as record attempts and then had a fantastic time trying out everyone's record. This then also gave us meaningful data to use for our Statistics unit”
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Posted 9 months ago
Mary W
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? It had good links to the Measurement strand, particularly time and distance.
How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?
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Neutral
Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have done some further work on some of the Maths that the students struggled with.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, challenging, Creative
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Blinfolded wheelbarrow walk.
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
25+
How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?
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Very likely
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Writing, Reading, Maths, Science
“There were mixed reviews. Some students loved it and the challenge of designing and competing for they records but others were not so keen.”
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Posted 9 months ago
Veni N
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? It encouraged them to think about what they were measuring and how they were going to do it. It was great teaching them how to be precise.
How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?
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Neutral
Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I would use the idea with other classes.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? fun thought-provoking fantastic
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Put 10 chairs in a circle in the fastest time
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
25+
How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?
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Very likely
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? literacy, Health and PE
“The students really enjoyed creating their own challenges. They found it a bit challenging to get the wording right but they eventually got the hang of it.”
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Posted 9 months ago
Jess H
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Very well
How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?
Not Successful At All
Neutral
Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Measurement - such as measuring our lengths
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, engaging and mathematical
What was the most unique record achieved and why? The amount of dice stacked on top of each other in 1 minute
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
25+
How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?
Not likely
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Very likely
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths, English, Writing
“This was a fabulous resource that the students absolutely loved! There was lots of different activities to do and kept them engaged.”
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Posted 9 months ago
Julieanne B
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? We spent a lot of time on measurement and used it to explore lots of different ways to graph data
How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?
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Neutral
Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Looking at ourselves and how to. improve our own BPs, without worrying about what others were doing
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, encouraging and exploring
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Longest finger, this came about as we had just finished a unit on the human body. This first record was how the students started to explore lots of different things, and we used this to springboard into learning about superlatives.
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
25+
How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?
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Very likely
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Body- movement, art - exploring movement through art, HPE - looking at ourselves and how we can improve
“This was a great kit as it linked into our topic of paralympics really well and integrating mathematics throughout. It was a great way to explore all the vocabulary connected to sport. It was also great to have extension through the tamariki coming up with their own mini games.”
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Posted 9 months ago
Nicky W
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Measuring and recording was a bit hit and miss but when we turned it into a competition the effort and accuracy improved. Measuring and timing were great skills to develop. We also calculated things like m/s and how much faster they needed to be to equal records.
How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?
Not Successful At All
Neutral
Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Training programmes.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Competitive, Mathematical, literacy
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Snail racing
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
25+
How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?
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Very likely
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Literacy, math, PE
“Students liked it running alongside Olympics. The ability to make it very practical was great as well.”
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Posted 9 months ago
Rebecca A
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Lots of estimating skills and learning in measurement and statistics
How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?
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Neutral
Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This linked into our learning about the Olympics and places around the world.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, engaging, exciting
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Keeping balloons afloat
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
25+
How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?
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Very likely
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Social Sciences
“I had lots of fun doing this with the children.”
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Posted 9 months ago
Emma K
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? It helped enhance their understanding of decimals and working out averages.
How successful was this kit in encouraging physical activity in your class?
Not Successful At All
Neutral
Very Successful
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We continued to learn about world records, especially as the Olympics were on at the same time. We could look at records for each sport.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Creative, Practical and Engaging
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Not sure as I was on release when the records were completed.
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
15
25+
How likely are you to teach this kit again in the future?
Not likely
Likely
Very likely
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Literacy- reading about world records, PE
“The kids loved writing their own records and having the time to go outside and do these.”
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Posted 9 months ago
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