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Cooking with the Sun - Creating a Solar Oven
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Prucz, Roni Sarabi, Rahmin Powell, Lauren |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Student groups are given a set of materials: cardboard, insulating materials, aluminum foil and Plexiglas, and challenged to build solar ovens. The ovens must collect and store as much of the sun's energy as possible. Students experiment with heat transfer through conduction by how well the oven is insulated and radiation by how well it absorbs solar radiation. Student groups are given a set of materials: cardboard, insulating materials, aluminum foil and Plexiglas, and challenged to build solar ovens. The ovens must collect and store as much of the sun's energy as possible. Students experiment with heat transfer through conduction by how well the oven is insulated and radiation by how well it absorbs solar radiation. They test the effectiveness of their designs qualitatively by baking some food and quantitatively by taking periodic temperature measurements and plotting temperature vs. time graphs. To conclude, students think like engineers and analyze the solar oven's strengths and weaknesses compared to conventional ovens. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Duke University |
| Subject Keyword | Physical Science Science and Technology Solar Energy Greenhouse Effect Solar Cooker Solar Oven Heat Transfer Insulation |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT4H45M |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Physics Technical |
