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DIY World Records 24 Reviews

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Time, measurement, reality of time and what seconds means and how long or quick thus can be. Lots of discussions.
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? Kids started timing transitions, links to olympics
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? Simple, fun and easy to use
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Determination to be different and competitive
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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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Topic / social studies
“Great timing of resource around olympics. Brings records into perspective.”
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Posted 11 months ago
Anonymous
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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? This is something that I want to try again next year as the students as I felt the students wanted to bypass the thinking to get straight to the doing. .
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? As mentioned above. Also the class enjoyed researching and finding what records had been achieved and that holding a world record was achievable.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Practical, achievable, diverse
What was the most unique record achieved and why? The quickest time to unravel a human chain as this was the only one they practiced and timed for improvementpeople.
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? Heath- setting goals and working towards it. It could be adapted to any area based on rheir interest level or a focus the teacher wants to take.
“Though I thought the unit was awesome, in practice it was a lot harder to get somethingfrom my yr 7 students. I wanted to use it with my class as an extension activity that the students could work on during maths but I didn't have a lot of buy in and there wasn't a lot of creative thought in what the students produced. I'm going to try again next year with some more front-loading about world records and the feeling of success when you complete a challenge.”
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Posted 11 months ago
Pip D
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Probably not as well as it could have but this was more of an 'user' issue as opposed to a kit issue.
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? Hmmm - not sure to be fair as we finished at the end of the term prior to going on camp and they were getting very excited about that.
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, relevant
What was the most unique record achieved and why? One of my girls did a headstand with her legs crossed and stayed up for over 10 mins. I was a bit concerned about her but she was fine.
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? sport, fitness, KC's, Literacy, maths
“This was fun and engaging for the kids and it worked in really well with the Paris Olympics that was also happening. I am not sure we used it to its full potential but the kids enjoyed creating events and challenging themselves and others.”
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Posted 11 months ago
Paula C
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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? We explored Mathematical language e.g. over, near with this kit. Measurement was also key.
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? Closer look at maybe one record and see how we could break it. We also explored the Olympics and timing as well.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Clever. Appropriate. Engaging.
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Hugging trees! We saw this on a video and some kids knew this was the record for them as they love nature.
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, emotional learning when we succeeded or failed, connection with whānau as they got behind our learning, writing about our record, reading about records in our Guiness World Records books.
“If you are thinking about doing this kit, don't think anymore, do it! My class and I loved it. It is well resourced and also the teacher guide was very helpful. I knew my kids were engaged when they asked to spend their lunchtimes practising for their record. My class now knows that if you put your mind to something, you can achieve it! It also helped that I have a friend who has actually broken a world record so we could connect in with them to talk about all the training they did.”
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Posted 11 months ago
Anonymous
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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? It demanded logical thinking on their behalf. How to measure, record accurately and decipher whether a record had been created, if it was valid and how to record it.
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? We found this unit provided opportunities for our children to negotiate, collaborate, take turns, lead, follow instructions and work alongside children they may otherwise not work with. Many different opportunities for us as teachers to help facilitate relationship skills have arisen from this unit.
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, engaging, challenging
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Furtherest hoola hoop roll with your right hand while sitting facing backwards on a chair. This was a really entertaining activity and one that offered the most variation in results from 30 cm to 15m.
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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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? For our children it was mostly around relationships and how they respond to each other when giving commands or instructions and how they used initiative or problem solved when things didn't go as planned.
“What an exciting unit to finish our term. Alongside watching new Olympic records be created, the children enjoyed creating their own records and challenging each other to see who would be the syndicate record holder. Initially, some of the activities the children had created weren't able to be completed by their peers, so this in itself was a great learning curve as they had to adjust and reassess how they could make it achievable whilst still making it fun.”
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Posted 11 months ago
Callum N
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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? It encouraged some big idea thinking, as well as forward thinking and predictions
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? It would be good to continue the world record aspect, the students seemed to be really interested in this part
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, different, interesting
What was the most unique record achieved and why? lots of them included food, which made it more interesting for everyone
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, inquiry, reading, writing opportunities along with Hauora
“The class really enjoyed the kit, it had a good amount of fun included so it kept them interested and hooked. The teaching plans were easy to access and use.”
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Posted 11 months ago
Anonymous
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Great. Lots of discussion around measurement and different ways to measure units.
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? Mini Olympics in measurement unit, using non-standard events. Measurement and PE intergrating.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Hands on, open for creativity and at hand. Discussions about fairness.
What was the most unique record achieved and why? I am not sure about unique, but they were very interested in skipping. However this generated many discussions about the skipping rope vessel itself and then the rope turners.
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/MATHS/SCIENCE
“DIY Records brought great hands on learning to the class. They were able to think creatively about how records are made and what fun events they could come up with. The kit enabled work in measurement with the equipment to hand. The class were able to create some statistical analysis etc”
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Posted 11 months ago
Kate S
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Awesome - really built in the measurement strand
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? Investigations into World Records
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? interactive, fun, exciting
What was the most unique record achieved and why? how long someone could hang from the monkey bars with soap on their hands.
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? Social Studies
“Great Kit - the kids were happy to learn all about world records along the way and got to make up some. Lots of learning involved.”
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Posted 11 months ago
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