We want to collate the huge number of steps from accross NZ, please share your final number with us.
2,245,919
“This kit was amazing! It really engaged the students and gave them maths in a purposeful and real context. The community got behind our initiative and we got enough steps to walk to Timaru. Thank you for another awesome kit!”
We want to collate the huge number of steps from accross NZ, please share your final number with us.
1,298,336
“With our powers combined we will walk the length of New Zealand. ♀️ ♂ Today we are comparing counters, clickers and flashing devices in a bid to work out how we should measure our steps. @schoolkit has put together a fantastic unit . We are going to achieve our goal next week.
#healthykidsnz”
“Room 5 have loved using the Walk the Length of NZ kit, from comparing strides with height, to calculating how many steps in a km and testing the reliability of the pedometers. Next job is to plan our step collection day activities and enrol as many of our family and friends to help us out!”
We want to collate the huge number of steps from accross NZ, please share your final number with us.
265,432 steps with whanau help
“Fantastic resource for maths and problem solving together with keeping us fit. We asked our whanau to help us walk the length of NZ. We were a bit short on the total but were thrilled we got as close as we did. We loved this kit. The kids are proudly using their shoelaces to light their way.”
We want to collate the huge number of steps from accross NZ, please share your final number with us.
Sorry we didn't get this far :-(
“I found this Kit was not as easy to follow as usual. The maths was also pitched much higher than my year 5, 6 class could manage except for a very small number, so we (I) ended up doing the calculation of the step length to 10 metres using google. We then used the pedometers to count total number of steps around the field in order to find which were most accurate, easy to use etc. Students found the ones they clicked the most accurate and the wristwatch one too difficult to reset. One student then endeavoured to take it apart to reset it which resulted in one being damaged. Other pedometres broke when the students shook them (trying to falsify their steps). We aren't able to download apps on to our ipads without going through a very lengthy process so were unable to check out other apps. I found the students were just frustrated with the ones that were inaccurate and I found it difficult to use this as a teaching point. It may have just been that the kit arrived late (after our cross country) and we were trying to squash it into our timetable as part of our maths lessons. We did gather a lot of data and will be using this data for a statistical investigation in a few weeks. I thought there was supposed to be 32 pedometers in the kit but could not get the shoe laces to do anything other than flash. Other teachers at school also found this. So it meant my class of 33 had to pair up at times to begin with. We then borrowed a kit from another class which did make it easier. Sorry School Kit - this one didn't work out for us.”
We want to collate the huge number of steps from accross NZ, please share your final number with us.
We haven't gotten to this part yet.
“The students are really excited to begin their walk. We have adapted the unit and will be adding up our steps over a series of days. We are also including finding the mean, median and mode of each of our step strides for the whole class. So far we have only found our average step stride per person. The students will input this information onto a google sheet that I have set up for them. They are very engaged and are loving the unit.”
“My class of Year 3/4 students loved certain aspects of this kit. Great maths was completed around the length of steps and finding an average. My students really enjoyed their attempts at creating a measuring wheel. I saw some very creative thinking. We spent time comparing different ways to measure steps and the positives/negatives of the various pedometers. We were able to compare pedometers with more accurate tools e.g. Fitbit that students owned. We were very challenged when it came to collecting reliable data. Students took home pedometers but forgot to reset them and/or record their final number for the day. Because of this, we were actually unable to get a total number of steps. Overall though, we got a lot of learning out of this kit which was challenging and required some problem solving. Thanks for the opportunity to take part.”
