This is second post in this "Making - Learning by Doing" series. I hope you remember the making of toy car a few months back. I had promised to write about another everyday object that was closely observed. It is the CLOCK.
It started with Nidhi making a paper wrist watch for herself. She then complained that it didn't seem to work as the clock hands are not moving. She wanted to make a working clock or at least a clock with moving hands.
They started by observing our wall clock to observe closely. They tried to take it apart, observed the clock hands arrangement. They wondered what happened when the batteries were removed or reversed, will the clock hands move if we tried to move it manually.
Then Nidhi chose the materials to build a clock of her own. Materials chosen were simple collection of a paper plate for the clock's face, a straw for spindle and cardstock for clock hands. The clock model was built very quickly.
The first challenge they faced was with writing the numbers on clock face with correct spacing. They also wondered why there was only numbers until 12. "Why there is no 0 (zero) on the clock?", wondered Sid. "There is no 0 hour. Remember zero means nothing.", answered Nidhi.
Next bigger challenge was to make the clock hands move on its own. They brainstormed ways to make the clock work and Nidhi's idea amazed me. She chose Stopmotion animation. She took lot of pictures moving the clock hands slowly and stitched them into a video by using Stopmotion app. We enjoyed the productive use of technology to design,create and make something rather than passive watching.Here is her finished product.
The Idea - Make a clock with moving hands
Materials used - Recyclables like paper plates, cardstock , pipe cleaners and stop motion app.
Project - Success
Process - FUN!
It started with Nidhi making a paper wrist watch for herself. She then complained that it didn't seem to work as the clock hands are not moving. She wanted to make a working clock or at least a clock with moving hands.
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| Paper Wrist watch |
They started by observing our wall clock to observe closely. They tried to take it apart, observed the clock hands arrangement. They wondered what happened when the batteries were removed or reversed, will the clock hands move if we tried to move it manually.
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| Observing a wall clock |
Then Nidhi chose the materials to build a clock of her own. Materials chosen were simple collection of a paper plate for the clock's face, a straw for spindle and cardstock for clock hands. The clock model was built very quickly.
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| Model clock with paper plate, straw and cardstock |
The first challenge they faced was with writing the numbers on clock face with correct spacing. They also wondered why there was only numbers until 12. "Why there is no 0 (zero) on the clock?", wondered Sid. "There is no 0 hour. Remember zero means nothing.", answered Nidhi.
Next bigger challenge was to make the clock hands move on its own. They brainstormed ways to make the clock work and Nidhi's idea amazed me. She chose Stopmotion animation. She took lot of pictures moving the clock hands slowly and stitched them into a video by using Stopmotion app. We enjoyed the productive use of technology to design,create and make something rather than passive watching.Here is her finished product.
The Idea - Make a clock with moving hands
Materials used - Recyclables like paper plates, cardstock , pipe cleaners and stop motion app.
Project - Success
Process - FUN!
