What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, Problem Solving, Fun

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One of the aims of Waipā Networks was to provide enough material for every student to have a hands-on learning experience. Do you feel this was achieved? Yes

What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? "Can we please do this everyday!"

How did this kit allow the exploration of energy transformation for your learners? Through discussion and guided questioning, the students were able to describe the energy involved and explain how the energy from the sun was transferred and transformed during the activity, reinforcing their understanding of solar energy.

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“This kit was one of the highlights of our year! The students loved working in pairs to build their cars. It was exciting to see those students who thrive on the practical, hands-on learning, really thrive as they were able to take the lead and support their peers. Racing the solar cars and timing the races, allowed for a little fun competition in class (and awesome learning of course!). The modifications students made to their solar cars sparked some super problem solving. All round a superb kit!”

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Posted 4 weeks ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Authentic, fun, educational

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One of the aims of Waipā Networks was to provide enough material for every student to have a hands-on learning experience. Do you feel this was achieved? Yes

What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? Let us try the cars on different surfaces to try and make it go faster

How did this kit allow the exploration of energy transformation for your learners? Allowed problem solving.

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“My tamariki loved these kits - that they were authentic, fun and the problem solving involved.”

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, meaningful and robust

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

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One of the aims of Waipā Networks was to provide enough material for every student to have a hands-on learning experience. Do you feel this was achieved? No

What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? I was unsure how to fix it so I asked the others for help.

How did this kit allow the exploration of energy transformation for your learners? Hands-on activities bring this learning to life

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“This kit was perfect for a specific group of learners in my class. We hosted an ‘Engineering Club’ based around this kit.”

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Posted 4 weeks ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Hands-on, fun, educational

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One of the aims of Waipā Networks was to provide enough material for every student to have a hands-on learning experience. Do you feel this was achieved? Yes

What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? "Hey, how did you make your car go so fast?" "We removed this, shaved that bit and put a weight here"

How did this kit allow the exploration of energy transformation for your learners? They were very surprised that it would still work on a reasonably cloudy day. Discussions started on home solar panels on cloudy days

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“This was an awesome activity for my Y10s. They had to work in pairs, carefully read the instructions and then problem solve if it didn't work. That was even before they started modifying! We loved it”

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Posted 1 month ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, Informative, Fun

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

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One of the aims of Waipā Networks was to provide enough material for every student to have a hands-on learning experience. Do you feel this was achieved? Yes

What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? Wow, it started making the motor go as soon as the sun was the panel!

How did this kit allow the exploration of energy transformation for your learners? They were a little lost watching the suggested videos. However, I related the movement of electrons to rubbing a balloon and picking up tissue paper. Then explained the sun did a similar job to the rubbing.

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“I used these kits with two classes, Year 4 and Year 5. The students thoroughly enjoyed making both the Balloon cars and the Solar cars. They were totally surprised at how quickly the solar enegry powered the cars. Two suggestions that I have would be: - Supply larger balloons for the balloon cars, as the students struggled to blow them up, and they did not have the capacity to propel the cars. - Make a note on the Solar car instructions that the gear that is attached to the rear drive shaft needs to be installed on the right-hand side (otherwise the car drives backwards)”

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Posted 1 month ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Hands on, practical, relevant.

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One of the aims of Waipā Networks was to provide enough material for every student to have a hands-on learning experience. Do you feel this was achieved? Yes

What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? How can I stop my car going backwards( question was answered by another student)

How did this kit allow the exploration of energy transformation for your learners? Through actual construction.

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“Our science investigation was around forces and energy sources so it was another way to demonstrate a type of energy. As it was a yr 3 -8 class this was quite challenging as fine motor control was tricky for younger students. They were really engaged and showed a good undrstanding of how their cars worked.”

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Posted 1 month ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Super Solar Science!

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One of the aims of Waipā Networks was to provide enough material for every student to have a hands-on learning experience. Do you feel this was achieved? No

What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? I love doing this stuff!

How did this kit allow the exploration of energy transformation for your learners? A little - the best experience was in building and modifying the cars.

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“The cars were awesome, and building them was fun. A 'teacher checklist' would have been handy - I don't normally carry a lighter to shink wrap plastic! Racing them was also awesome - very handy that you had included a stopwatch, and measuring tape. I would have loved either one per child, or one between two - getting 20 for a class of 29 students was tricky.”

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Posted 1 month ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Cool, challenging, teamwork

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

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One of the aims of Waipā Networks was to provide enough material for every student to have a hands-on learning experience. Do you feel this was achieved? Yes

What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? Much discussion about how to best tweak their car to make it go further

How did this kit allow the exploration of energy transformation for your learners? Lots of exploration and modifications required to cars to make better use of the sun. Great technology lesson to meet a brief.

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“Such a cool kit! The students liked that it was hands on and doing the wiring. It was fun but complicated. Instructions were clear. Some students needed support. Some screws and putting the wheels on was the hardest bit. Our cars went pretty far. A good challenge in our classroom! We definitely needed to use our team work.”

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Posted 1 month ago

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