Let’s Get Cooking!

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Unit:
Cooking with the Sun and Solar Ovens
Intended Grade Level(s):
4-5
Subject Area(s) Covered:
solar energy
energy transformation
Solar cooking
Estimated Activity Length:
3 hours
Learning Goal(s):

At the end of this lesson students will be able to: • Follow and prepare a recipe for cookies. • Learn to take and record oven temperature every 30 minutes using an infrared thermometer. • Evaluate the three ovens with a pros and cons list for each one after cooking. • Write one or two of their own questions. • Make suggestions for design changes.

The purpose of this lesson is to provide students with a hands-on experience using the sun to cook cornbread or cookies. Students will also learn to use an infrared thermometer. There is also an optional extension for the class or individual students to design and build the ultimate solar oven. View full description >>

Let's Build Sun Ovens

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Unit:
Cooking with the Sun and Solar Ovens
Intended Grade Level(s):
3-5
Estimated Activity Length:
3 hours
Learning Goal(s):

Students will follow written directions and use what they have learned about necessary components of a solar oven to build three different ovens in small groups.

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The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the students to three different styles of inexpensive solar ovens. Students will work together to build a File Box oven, an auto shade/bucket oven and a “Copenhagen” style oven. Students will follow written directions and use what they have learned about the necessary components of a solar oven (... View full description >>

Daily Variations in Solar Energy

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Unit:
Cooking with the Sun and Solar Ovens
Intended Grade Level(s):
3-5
Subject Area(s) Covered:
Changing shadows cast by the sun throughout the day
Estimated Activity Length:
40 min
Learning Goal(s):

Students will understand that when the sun is lower in the sky, it casts a longer shadow on an object. When the sun is higher in the sky, it casts a smaller shadow. Students will also understand the importance of adjusting the position of a solar oven every half hour or so throughout the cooking process to insure that the bottom of the oven is facing the sun directly in order to maximize heat absorption.

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Students will observe and articulate that even on cloudless days, the amount of solar energy changes with the time of day and the time of year. Solar energy is strongest when the sun is high in the sky (when shadows are shortest). The sun shines more directly into the solar cooker when the sun is highest in the sky. View full description >>

Heat Transfer

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Unit:
Cooking with the Sun and Solar Ovens
Intended Grade Level(s):
3-5
Subject Area(s) Covered:
Types of energy
energy transformation
solar energy
Estimated Activity Length:
30 min
Learning Goal(s):

Students will observe how some materials conduct heat and others insulate heat.

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Students will observe that heat naturally spreads from warmer places to cooler places and that some materials spread (conduct) heat and others keep it from spreading (insulate). View full description >>

Light Is Transformed into Heat

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Unit:
Cooking with the Sun and Solar Ovens
Intended Grade Level(s):
4-5
Subject Area(s) Covered:
Types of energy
solar energy
Estimated Activity Length:
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Learning Goal(s):

Students will experience how some materials absorb heat from the sun and other materials reflect the sun and stay cool.

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When absorbed (not reflected), light seems to disappear. What happens to it? View full description >>

Understanding Light

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Unit:
Cooking with the Sun and Solar Ovens
Intended Grade Level(s):
4-5
Estimated Activity Length:
30 min
Learning Goal(s):

Students will conduct simple experiments to learn what kind of materials absorb heat from the sun, what kind of materials reflect light from the sun and what color of materials do not get hot in the sun. This lesson gives students experience in beginning to learn about why certain materials and colors are used in solar ovens.

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Students will observe and articulate their observations of the way that different materials reflect and absorb sunlight, transforming it into heat to varying degrees. View full description >>

Saving Lives with Solar Ovens

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Unit:
Cooking with the Sun and Solar Ovens
Intended Grade Level(s):
3-5
Subject Area(s) Covered:
solar ovens and solar water purification.
Estimated Activity Length:
50 min
Learning Goal(s):

Students will learn about different solar cooker designs and how they function. Students will learn the customs, jobs, food and clothing of people in different countries of Africa.

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Students will be introduced to Solar Cookers International. Students will learn about different solar cooker designs and how they function. Students will learn the pros and cons on the use of solar ovens in developing countries. Students will gain an understanding of the kind of lives people lead in a refugee camp in Africa. They will gain an... View full description >>

Our Sensational Sun

Earth Sun
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Unit:
Cooking with the Sun and Solar Ovens
Intended Grade Level(s):
3-5
Subject Area(s) Covered:
solar energy
Estimated Activity Length:
30 min
Learning Goal(s):

At the end of this lesson, students will have written numerous facts about the sun that they 1) already know, 2) want to know and 3) have learned.

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The purpose of this lesson is to record information that the students learn about the sun on a chart. This chart will be used for the entire unit. It will serve as a good reference for guiding the lessons and providing information for student research. View full description >>

The Amazing Cardboard Cook-O-Matic

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Unit:
Cooking with the Sun and Solar Ovens
Intended Grade Level(s):
3-5
Subject Area(s) Covered:
Energy
solar energy
Estimated Activity Length:
1 hour
Learning Goal(s):

At the end of this lesson students will understand that the sun can be used to cook food. They will also be introduced to the basic components required to build a successful solar oven.

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The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the students to the concept of solar ovens and cooking with energy from the sun. View full description >>

Designing a Faster Water Pump

Kidwind Small Water Pump
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Unit:
Understanding Science and Engineering Through Solar Power
Intended Grade Level(s):
2-5
Subject Area(s) Covered:
Science inquiry
electricity
Energy
solar energy
Estimated Activity Length:
1 hour 30 min
Learning Goal(s):

Students will be able to use available tools to design and test a solar water pump, refine their design, test and finally evaluate their efforts. Through this process students will understand and gain experience with the engineering design process.

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Students use all their prior knowledge to design and construct a water pump that can pump 1 cup of water the fastest. View full description >>

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