What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I will introduce some Brain Box kits to my class. I did find that some of these activities were a little too challenging for my year 0/1 class. It was difficult for some tamariki to stay engaged with the activities.

What opportunities arose for cross curricular learning while teaching this kit? This kit worked well in our play based environment and encourage lots of oral language, math and literacy

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How did the components of this kit allow your students to explore the topic of energy transformation? The activities provided great discussions that led to further investigations.

“My class enjoyed discovering all the activities in the kit and especially enjoyed the popcorn activity.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Building on this foundation of knowledge &; moving onto the next stage up of kit, to continue the understanding of key concepts &; practical application.

What opportunities arose for cross curricular learning while teaching this kit? Great integration with literacy, visual language, building of vocabulary, technology.

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How did the components of this kit allow your students to explore the topic of energy transformation? Lots of key concept learning. We were able to break down basic principles &; having practical ways to engage our students was excellent. Great variety of activities was pleasing as well.

“Our students found the activities very engaging &; appropriate to our level. Great practical initiatives &; key knowledge building. Our whole middle school team got on board with it &; it formed the basis of a very enriching science inquiry to begin the year. I would recommend to other colleagues.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Making bigger circuits how does an electric car work how does a drone work when there are no wires

What opportunities arose for cross curricular learning while teaching this kit? Oral language of course, Written language Science Technology

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How did the components of this kit allow your students to explore the topic of energy transformation? we discussed how the battery stored energy in the first place and how did we get it out. we could tell it came across as the light turned on.

“The ideas were simple enough for my chn to connect with, thankyou. Hands on.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Food technology - heat transfer

What opportunities arose for cross curricular learning while teaching this kit? Science, writing, PE

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How did the components of this kit allow your students to explore the topic of energy transformation? The kids loved that we had hands on activities but it was hard to do in a class of 24 students as they needed a lot of teacher assistance, almost 1 on 1.

“It was good but a little hard to process at times - it was hard to find the order in which to teach. Having all the materials was fantastic. Some of the links on the videos were incorrect.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Children had fun and are keen to learn more

What opportunities arose for cross curricular learning while teaching this kit? Writing about what they had seen

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How did the components of this kit allow your students to explore the topic of energy transformation? Have students opp to see transfer of energy using popcorn

“Great kit”

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Posted 4 years ago

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Has generated an interest in power and renewable energy sources. Raising informed citizens.

What opportunities arose for cross curricular learning while teaching this kit? Science/ Maths -patterns English reading journal stories about power. Social sciences - changes over time/inventions

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How did the components of this kit allow your students to explore the topic of energy transformation? Very hands on great for them to explore with and if something wasn't working, getting them to explore why.

“A fantastic resource -a little tricky at times to get to work -making sure the tape was used correctly but extremely rewarding when they got it right. Probably best Y3 and up.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I think it was The students could connect to a very abstract notion of energy. The playdough circuit activity was well received and posters were useful.

What opportunities arose for cross curricular learning while teaching this kit? We could use it for literacy in writing stories and informational report

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How did the components of this kit allow your students to explore the topic of energy transformation? It was very progressive and pitched to the younger audience. I could follow the instructions and the kit components were well used by the students.

“An excellent resource, I found the activities and explanations very useful and helped me to teach in a very engaging way.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? will definitely reuse components/teaching ideas in the future with other classes

What opportunities arose for cross curricular learning while teaching this kit? literacy: the experiments generated some writing further exploration of concepts using Brain Box kits

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How did the components of this kit allow your students to explore the topic of energy transformation? my class enjoyed all the activities but needed lots of teacher input to grasp the concepts/outcomes lots of interest in building Rube Goldberg machines, this interest carried through into learning through play and carried on for the term I had difficult

“my year 1 class needed support/supervision with these activities, quite teacher driven at this level, it definitely captured the interest of students who have a natural interest in science”

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Posted 4 years ago

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