Clock Project
                    
​                                   by:  Jennifer Jenkins
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OVERVIEW:

The project was created to show students how the parts of the circle and understanding how to measure angles using a protractor connects to the real world.  They created clocks to sell to earn money for new basketball uniforms.  This project focused on 7th grade geometry standards, but also connected a lot with re-enforcing other types of measuring skills.  This project took about 3 months.  We did not work on this every day because we had to wait for paint and other parts to dry before going to the next step.  

• 7th Grade Geometry
  
• Know the formulas for the area and circumference of a circle and use them to solve problems; give an informal derivation of the relationship between the circumference and area of a circle.
• Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.
  

How can we start a business that sells clocks?

• Students created drawings as prototypes to start.  Students then shared with the class their thoughts on how to create the clock that they drew.  Other students then wrote on post-its some “Glows and Grows” for the presenting group.  After all the sharing, students were given the post-its from the other groups to review and see if they wanted to make changes to their clocks.  There were many changes made in the clocks after those critiques.

• A silent auction night was held  at the end of the project for students to sell their clocks.  The students all voted on where the money for the clocks should go.  In the end, the money was donated for new basketball uniforms at the middle school.

• Students used online research to look at different styles of clocks.  Then they had to design their own and figure out how to make it.  The students then sold their clock at a silent auction.

• The students created whatever kind of analog clock they wanted and had to create a shopping list for the teachers to get all the supplies.  The students also decided on where the money that was earned from the clock should go. 
• Each group got to choose several places to donate the proceeds within our school.  Then each class voted for the one that they liked best from their class.  Then those choices from each class weere put into a Google Form for all 120 students to make the final vote. ​

• Potentially the Howard Miller Clock Company.

        ​  STUDENT REFLECTIONS

   
     "I didn’t think we could make a clock at all, but we did!"  ~ 7th grade student Orchard View Middle School

     "I wish we could learn like this all day!"  ~ 7th grade student Orchard View Middle School
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     "Mrs. Jenkins, people are really buying our clocks!"  ~ 7th grade student Orchard View Middle School

• The students did a lot of reflecting when making the clocks.  They all had a vision,  but when the supplies were in front of them, they realized that some parts of the vision might have to change.  They also completed a Google Form at the end to reflect on not only the math that was used, but the process of working in a group and thinking for the changes they made from the prototype to the final product.

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• Project Planning Template
• Project Card​
• Driving Question Boards                                                       

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                                                   Ideas for Donating Silent Auction  Proceeds

Meet the Educator:
Jennifer Jenkins teaches 7th grade math at Orchard View Middle School.

    "They all had a vision, but when the supplies were in front of them, they realized that some parts of the vision might have to change.  They also completed a Google Form at the end to reflect on not only the math that was used, but the process of working in a group."