DIY World Records 24 Reviews

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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

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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?

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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 9 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.

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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.

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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?

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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 9 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.

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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.

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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?

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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 9 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.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have a series of follow up challenges as a result.

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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?

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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 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? There were many rich mathmatical tasks with all the different types of measurement that was needed. It led to lots of different investigations as to the 'best' measurement unit (and also the important of precision)

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I will do this kit again as part as a rich measurement math unit.

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Creative, Thinking, Fun

What was the most unique record achieved and why? fastest matchbox car to cross the classroom. We had to have so many discussions around the criteria, after so much discussion it was amazing how interpretations could bend, which led to more discussion, which led to more attempts and modifications. So much thinking!

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, P.E., Health, science

“This kit was fabulous, providing some great across curiculum learning for students. We really liked investigating what World Records exist, and creating our own. The superlative lesson that supported the learners vocabulary to create a world record was particulary benefical for the ESOL learners in the class, and set us up to have all the componets of a great record. Most importantly this kit was FUN!”

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Posted 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Supported learning in measurement and statistics.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? It could be used once a year. Athletics for example.

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interesting, relevant, engaging.

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Pretty typical results for high jump and long jump. Nothing unusual.

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? Writing up a stat investigation. Literacy and oral anguage.

“Another practical and engaging kit thank you. It tied in nicely to the Olympic Games. It encouraged physical activity and creativity. It was well supported with the lesson planning and the resources that came with it.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? This kit linked very well to our Measurement unit and they were able to explore appropriate units of measurement and practise measuring accurately.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We explored existing world records in the Guiness Books of World Records and it would be interesting to extend upon this kit by exploring the stories behind some of the more bizarre records created around the world.

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, interactive, competitive

What was the most unique record achieved and why? The most one-handed cartwheels completed within five minutes while rubbing their belly with the second hand.

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? Writing (superlatives), Inquiry (following our unit on Olympic values), Maths (measurement).

“My students were very excited by the premise of this kit - to create their own world records. The World Record Secret Formula was easy for my students to understand and follow. They loved coming up with creative ideas for each part of their world record title and had a blast with their world record attempts. The recording cards, timers, tapes and badges added a brilliant touch of authority and authenticity to the whole experience and the flags were a wonderful way to display the results. A great kit that I will definitely use again!”

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Posted 9 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Children explored concepts about measurement - time, length, recording time and distance.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Lots of discussion about rules and fair testing as well as sentence structure - parts of speech.

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Exciting, encouraging, fun

What was the most unique record achieved and why? Moving rubber duckies from one pond to another using chopsticks. It was hilarious to watch and do.

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- fine motor skills, social skills, key competencies, literacy, maths, te reo Māori

“The kit was awesome and filled with great resources. Ngā tamariki loved coming up with challenges and enjoyed discussing fair testing and standards.”

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Posted 9 months ago