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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? Mostly we worked on getting the cars to work! Some students managed to add more weight and set up challenges such as inclines and jumps to see if they could get the cars over them.

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? Students enjoyed the hands on learning and particularly liked watching the heat wrap shrink.

“Students enjoyed building these cars - found it tricky stripping wires but got there in the end. Some cars didnt work which students found frustrating but led to some great problem solving conversations.”

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Posted 4 days ago

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? Students approached the car modification challenge with creativity, experimenting with panel angles, wheel grip, weight balance, and even adding features like spoilers to improve speed and stability.

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? Students loved the hands-on, creative experience, and parents noted it sparked engaging conversations at home about renewable energy and engineering.

How did the activity help students make connections between circuit theory and real-world applications? The activity helped students see how circuit theory works in real life by showing how solar panels, motors, and connections directly power their cars, linking abstract concepts to a tangible, moving model.

“The School Kit Solar Cars were a fantastic hands on resource for our students. The instructions were clear, the materials were easy to assemble, and the students were genuinely excited to see their cars powered by the sun. It was a great way to explore renewable energy and STEM concepts in a fun, practical way.”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? We didn't get to this.

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? None

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“Students enjoyed the learning and then being able to make the cars.”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? We did not quite get to this aspect

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? The kids loved being able to make something that actually moved.

How did the activity help students make connections between circuit theory and real-world applications? Hands on learning and interactive

“Our class of year 3/4 learners really enjoyed this kit. We had some fun becoming scientists and figuring out why some cars went backwards, and exploring problem solving of why some parts did not work.”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

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Did you find the lessons on solar energy useful in improving the students understanding and interest in renewable energy?

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? Due to limited time due to weather the modification stage became very brief.

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? For our student led conferences most children shared this and said it was their highlight of the term.

“Our year 4-6 tamariki LOVED the solar cars. We preloaded lots of information about solar and Newton's 3 laws and then spent a day making and racing, and another modifying and testing. I took home spare kits for my 3 girls to do over the term break, and Miss 9 put hers together on her own and then completed Miss 14's when she gave up. I believe this goes to show how much learning was had at school as well as how much fun to want to do it again. I loved the bits of problem solving involved but not so hard tamariki gave up. Unfortunately we rolled into terribly weather at the end of the term so our testing and racing became limited.”

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Posted 1 month ago

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? Some of my students used different weights placed on their cars

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? They loved it and really liked that they got to keep their own solar car afterwards. Some students were looking forward to working on it at home using other resources.

“We thought about the placements of the weights to see if we could get our Solar cars to go faster. It was a fantastic competition to see whose car would go the fastest. We also took off and added parts on.”

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Posted 1 month ago

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? Double solar panel making a parallel circuit with extra parts. Angling the solar panel. Removing car parts to reduce weight.

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? Really needs to be undertaken in Terms 1 or 4 to increase reliability of sun.

“Kids really enjoyed the making and initial testing of cars, however found some of the theory beforehand and the testing parameters difficult to engage with.”

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Posted 1 month ago

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? Some students decided to experiment with the placing of and using different weights on their car. One student even put the weight in a compartment that he'd made.

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? I have a student that's asked his parents to buy extra parts for his car so that he can modify his car further.

“Our students loved making their own cars and learning about the different types of power and forces. I would definitely recommend this activity to help students learn in a meaningful and engaging way.”

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Posted 2 months ago

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