This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
My Favorite part of teaching students is the A-ha! moment when they make the connections being taught in the lesson. This project empowers students to connect chemistry, mineralogy, and physics to the aesthetics of ceramic ware. By exploring clay body composition using Red, Black, white clay bodies, and water's role (chemistry & mineralogy), they'll understand plasticity and forming forces (physics). Investigating drying (physics & chemistry) and firing transformations (chemistry & physics) reveals how these sciences dictate shrinkage, color, texture, and durability. Through hands-on activities and analysis, students will grasp how scientific principles directly impact their artistic outcomes, fostering intentionality in their ceramic creations.
I can not wait to see their faces light up when they observe, feel, and calculate the color, textures and shrinkage that take place.
We will be making organic shapes incised with patterns. To finish them of they will add stain to fill in the patterns on the fired pieces. The final touch will be to use jute and a dried out tree branch to hang them from. This will add sound and pitch to their learning experience.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
Blick Talc-Free White Clay - 50 lb
• Blick Art Materials
$32.51
3
$97.53
Sio-2 PM Black Earthenware Clay - 27.6 lbs
• Blick Art Materials
$23.54
4
$94.16
Sax Low Fire Earthenware Clay, Red, 50 Pounds
• School Specialty
$37.79
2
$75.58
Extra Large Super Big Bags, Jumbo Clear Storage Plastic Bags, 18"x24" 5 Gallon Size Bags for Moving, Traveling, Organization or Freezer, 100 Count
• Amazon Business
$45.65
1
$45.65
Materials cost
$312.92
Vendor shipping charges
$156.46
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.69
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$504.07
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$88.95
Total project goal
$593.02
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$593.02
2 Donors
-$579.07
Donations toward project cost
-$504.07
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Goldstein and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.
