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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? They could see the practical applications/connections

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We could easily push this further and perhaps engage the full school in a challenge. Students would need to work on a safety plan and learn about how to organise a large number of people.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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

What was the most unique record achieved and why? The most blue objects touched in 60 seconds running with feet while yelling I am a gold fish

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? understanding superlatives, connections to the olympics/sport, maths - measurement

“My students really enjoyed and looked forward to our world-record sessions. It was a great mix of learning concrete skills like measurement but with a solid dose of whimsey and creative problem-solving. It really my my learners think deeply and consider what needed to be involved. Was also great timing to be able to connect to the olympics and see sport world records in action.”

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Posted 11 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Linked to our measurement and Olympics unit really nicely.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Language work was needed with my class after this unit. We will also look at writing explanations.

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, hands on, interesting

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Longest handstand against the wall while holding a banana on their feet - challenged a lot of the class with balance.

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- measurement, English- writing, explanations

“Good use of materials to try and engage the students. Nice to add the something silly to get them more involved with coming up with challenges.”

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Posted 11 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Using diffrent forms of measurement

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Learning about different records around the world.

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? engaging, student - led

What was the most unique record achieved and why? n/a

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 and pe

“Really enjoyed this kit to link in with olympics.”

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Posted 11 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? This was critical to the unit of work we were completing and very relevant to get them thinking, problem solving and sharing their understanding.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Students are now using the information gathered to support our upcoming athletics - Run, jump, Throw event.

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, Motivational, Challenging

What was the most unique record achieved and why? The amount of marshmallows that could go into a small glass jar. The results varied as to whether your squashed or not.

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? Links to our inquiry, writing speeches to support and persuade and making connections in mathematics.

“This was an excellent opportunity for our students to combine their understanding of measurement with activities linked in our Health and Physical Education units. The amount of Mathematics and activation that students were able to connect with and given this was inline with World events made it more authentic and memorable for them.”

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Posted 11 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Counting, measuring distances and time, using rates

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Science - we are going to look into what allowed us to attempt most records: our bones and skeletons

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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

What was the most unique record achieved and why? -

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 - in 2 languages as we are a bilingual class - students learnt to use superlatives and to be specific in the language they use to create sets of clear and indiscutable rules.

“Our inquiry was about the Olympic Games and this kit was perfect to go with it. My students felt like they had their own OG in the classroom and had great fun creating all sorts of records while developing their languages and using maths skills.”

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Posted 11 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? As the children had to count, take times, measure distances they were using mathematical thinking constantly.

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? More learning about the Olympics, as well as other creative ways to get moving.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? creative, physical, fun

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Longest plank with a rubber duck on their back. Some children could plank for a very long time.

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? Social sciences about the Olympics and different cultures around the world.

“As we completed this kit at the same time the Olympics were on, we loved creating our own records as an Olympic activity. The children came up with creative ideas for the records. As they were so varied, different children held the record for different activities allowing all children to suceed and shine.”

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Posted 11 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Linked it to measurement. Learners learnt how to use a measuring tape, metre rulers, understanding which unit to use which was beneficial, using a stopwatch to 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? Exploring the guniuess world record and researching about the famous people that took part in these records. It would be awesome to allow students to showcase their world record as an event for the school to take part in like a mini olympics.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? creative, competition, fun

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Learner used a stopwatch to time the fastest person when competing the obstacle course. Learners used a variety of junk from play box to create their obstacle and incorporated egg and spoon.

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? mathematics, english, art

“I really enjoyed integrating the DIY World Record. It encourage learners to be innovative and creative when coming up with their own record whether it's a game or a challenge.”

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Posted 11 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? There was the ability to use a range of measurement skills and think flexibly about how they would solve problems.

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 have a series of follow up challenges as a result.

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, thought provoking, encouraging

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Number of burpe/squats in a minute

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? Math, Inquiry, Literacy

“My students in Year 7 and 8 loved the kit. It allowed them the ability to come up with their own challenge and work towards competing against others. They had a blast!”

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Posted 11 months ago