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Tick-Tock, Clay & Clock: Sculpting Functional Timepieces

Help me give my students the opportunity to engineer, sculpt, and bring their own unique, working clocks to life!

  • 2 donors
  • $149 still needed

expires Jan 14

  • 2 donors
  • $149 still needed
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Ms. Batista PS 54 Hillside
Richmond Hill, NY Grades PreK-2

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 students are bright, imaginative makers who learn best when art, engineering, and hands-on design intersect. In our classroom, we encourage students to think outside the box, experiment with raw materials, and solve creative problems. For many of them, creating something functional from scratch builds a lasting sense of confidence and pride in their work.

How This Project Transforms Learning

By combining clay sculpting with functional clock mechanisms, students take on the role of both artists and engineers:

STEAM Integration: Students apply principles of geometry, measurement, and mechanical assembly while designing a fully operational clock face.

Sculpting & Fine Motor Skills: Working with clay allows students to practice slab-building, pinching, and carving techniques to shape personalized clock designs.

Problem-Solving & Spatial Reasoning: Designing a working clock requires precision—students must plan where the mechanism fits, map out accurate hour markers, and balance aesthetics with utility.

Pride of Ownership: Rather than creating a static art piece, students will build a functional item they can take home and display for years to come.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

Never Before Funded 400 students impacted 2 donors
Ms. Batista PS 54 Hillside Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Richmond Hill, NY View local requests

Nearly all 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

Never Before Funded 400 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
7pcs High Torque Quartz Clock Movement Mechanism Replacement Clock Kit with 10 Different Pairs of Hands Clock for DIY Handicrafts Repair Clock Parts Shaft Lengths 12mm 15.5mm 21.5mm • Amazon Business $11.99 10 $119.90

Materials cost

$119.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$151.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.77

Total project goal

$178.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $178.47

2 Donors

-$30.00

Donations toward project cost

-$25.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.50

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 $148.47

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