Fascinations First Time Clock Puzzle Clock

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Product Feature

• Fascinations designs product to illustrate many magical aspects of our world
• A fascinating educational kit that explains the scientific nature of clocks
• This clock is a unique and interactive project
• Promotes cognitive development
• Associated website content supports further learning about the hands of time

Product Description

FIRSTTC1 Features: -Promotes cognitive development.-Assembles in approximately twenty minutes.-Wind it up power - no batteries needed.-For ages 6 and up.-Material: Plastic, metal, paper. Color/Finish: -Easy to follow color coded instructions. Dimensions: -Overall dimensions: 8.5'' H x 7.5'' W x 2.5'' D.

Fascinations First Time Clock Puzzle Clock Review

Wow is this a great object. 'Toy' is the wrong description, however. I bought this for my six year old son and we assembled it together. The instructions are not great. They are also not terrible. We tried to use the instructions as little as possible in any case, and the picture of the completed clock on the box is enough to deduce it all if you are mechanically minded and have the time to think through the elements you can't see very well (though part-color is not perfectly reliable from the picture). Both of us learned a lot in making this. That surprised me a bit. I'm college science professor. I've opened many clocks over the years. I did not, however, realize that a clock could be this simple, or this tolerant of imprecision (these parts are cheaply molded plastic). Half way through making this "clock" I became convinced that it was not as the box suggested. I thought it was not a clock, but instead a clock-like toy that would show how the hands could move at different rates, all in a highly sped-up form. I thought it wouldn't keep proper time. And I concluded that was ok. It was still fun to build and was well worth the price, even if the box was misleading. But then the last few steps (the hardest ones to deduce) rendered the entire thing functional. I was wrong! It keeps time. You have to adjust the pendulum to get it to do so precisely, just as someone must in any real pendulum clock. My only complaint is that this clock removes all the black-box elements from a clock except one. The spring that stores the energy that drives the clock is not possible to see. So there is still a black box, and for no good reason. The spring gear apparatus could be transparent so you could see every moving element. But at the price, I can't complain. It's tremendously educational, enough that I'm thinking of buying a stack and putting my students through he exercise of discovering how comprehensible things can remain un-comprehended in a consumer culture where a clock is typically something you buy, use, then throw away.

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