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DIY World Records 24 Reviews

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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?
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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Investigations into World Records
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? 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
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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? 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 1 year ago
Rebecca S
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? measuring and recording the measurements was such a good opportunity to put into place their prior mathematical learning
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? They encouraged the other year 3/4 class to try and practise measurement skills
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? engaging, fun, practical
What was the most unique record achieved and why? jumping the highest carrying a pencil case of his head
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
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25+
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Key competencies - participating and collaborating
“My class loved being able to create records, try them out and get their friends to try them as well. Theyu especially loved the silly factor and had such fun.”
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Posted 1 year ago
Anonymous
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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Firstly the were able to share thinking, discuss medium, modes and averages. They were able to calculate with intent and record findings in a variety of forms and platforms.
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? Team-wide sporting wero/challenges that are student-driven. Agentic learning with seeking out athletes and world record holders and events.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? motivating, engaging, fun
What was the most unique record achieved and why? balancing on one foot, with a finger on their nose - and the timings went into their lunchtime (yet they still wanted to continue through it!)
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
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25+
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Art - in many forms, visual, creative and digital. Plenty of maths learning too.
“This kit was sensational for engaging learners and seamlessly connected learning to the Olympic Games. The students were highly motivated to participate and delve into the activities. The particularly loved the video clips and recordings of their best times and attempts for activities they helped to create and co-create.”
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Posted 1 year ago
Anonymous
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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Lateral thinking
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? Lots of creative ideas for future tabloid type sports
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? Exciting Engaging Fun
What was the most unique record achieved and why? All were unique as the imagination of each group was so evident
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
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25+
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We trialed the records with a visiting Japanese secondary school - great for language development and supporting engagement
“Creating Wrold records at Lower Moutere - an exciting venture that we blended into the Olympics”
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Posted 1 year ago
Anonymous
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? It encouraged the use of measurement and chance and data. In addition, showing students how mathematics is throughout life, even in day to day 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? To understand how to set goals and activities to ensure outcomes and achievable and measurable.
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? Engaging, exciting, relevant
What was the most unique record achieved and why? The most star jumps against each class mate with tongue poking out, in one minute.
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
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25+
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Writing and Physical Education
“I loved having the DIY world record kit to teach how Olympic sports are created, the extent of organisating the sport and how world record holders come to be. The use of the kit helped to ensure students understood how to accuractely measure events and decide of winners. I added videos and slides to front load learning oportunities before using the kit. All students were excited and fully engaged to complete tasks and compete in their chosen sports. Our class created our own ideas for class records and completed 5 different competitions.”
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Posted 1 year ago
Nicola P
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Equipment helped students recognise that when timing something- time seems to move slower than they think.
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 created our class Yearbook page using our "World Records" or the ones we thought we could break in our futures.
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? engaging, fun and innovative
What was the most unique record achieved and why? The tallest stack of shoes in one hand in one minute or eating the most sugar donuts in 1 minute with a cup of water on the head!
How many new DIY World Records did your class create?
5 or less
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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? Using our key competencies. English and Maths. I will share a photo of Year book page once finalised :-)
“An innovative way to include data collection and thinking around World Records. It also encouraged students to look carefully at the wording of a world record and read the Guinness Book of Records more carefully. Ps It helps that our school was a holder of a world record - making a human bike!”
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Posted 1 year ago
Chanel T
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Students were asked to measure, compare, and calculate various records, such as distances, times, and quantities, which helped them engage with real-world data. They explored patterns, estimated outcomes, and worked with units of measurement, fostering their numeracy skills.
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 kit has also sparked curiosity around personal goal-setting and achievement, which ties in perfectly with the Year 8 students' upcoming learning next term. As they reflect on their time at intermediate and prepare speeches about growth mindset and perseverance, they can draw on their experiences with the kit.
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, creative, engaging
What was the most unique record achieved and why? Try not to flinch
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? The kit provided a platform to explore global sporting events like the Olympics, and cultral studies for literacy involving research of other sporting world records and olympic records.
“The students in my akomanga had a fantastic time engaging with the World Records Resource Kit. It sparked their creativity and encouraged interactive learning, making it a hit with the class. The kit aligned perfectly with our school inquiry and values around excellence, especially tying into our focus on the Olympics. It was a fun and valuable resource that added depth to our lessons.”
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Posted 1 year ago
Anonymous
Verified Reviewer
How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? We had just finished our measurement unit so it was a great way to use hteir knowledge in a different way.
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? They went home to design their own world records. Some students were exploring the World record books in the library.
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? engaging, collaborative, energising
What was the most unique record achieved and why? bridging with a number of atlas on their back timed
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? literacy, maths and PE
“The students really loved making their own world record challenges. Great problem solving, dicussions and imagination. They also loved competing in other student's challenges to see if they could bet them. A great way to end term 3!”
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Posted 1 year ago
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