:Breakdancing
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Approach: Station  Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Classification and organisation of ideas
Resources: 10 stickers
1.6MB
Questions / instructions:
A class is doing a project about breakdancing. They have made lots of notes but they are in a big muddle. You are going to make a chart to help sort out the notes.
1. Read the notes about breakdancing.
2. Place the notes where you think they should go on the chart.
3. Stick the notes onto the chart when you have decided where they should go.
   
% responses
2005 ('01)
Y4
Y8
The music is really important. It is a mixture of rap, hip-hop, soul and funk.
music
85
96
Breakdancing is a mix of dance, gymnastics and acrobatics.
definition
55
89
To do a headspin a breakdancer needs to stand on their head and spin around.
moves
69
86
In 1969 a DJ in New York started mixing records so that there were no gaps between songs. People enjoyed dancing to his music. This dancing was called breakdancing.
history
57
83
In the 1990s people mixed hip-hop and breakdancing.
history
66
90
The freeze is a good move for beginners to start with.
moves
71
92
It is important to wear a good helmet when you are doing a headspin.
safety
90
97
In the 1970s some breakdancing moves were used in disco dancing.
history
62
92
Before you start to breakdance it is important to warm up.
safety
75
94
The float is an important breakdancing move. Dancers carry the weight of their body on their hands.
moves
66
87
 
Total score:
10
18
55
9
15
21
8
14
14
6–7
25
6
4–5
19
2
0–3
9
2

Commentary:
Eighteen percent of year 4 students and 55 percent of year 8 students classified all ten notes correctly.

 
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