Resource Type:
At-Home,
Engineering Challenges,
Pedagogy,
Phenomena
Source:
Legacy Power
Published:
2021
Last Updated:
2021
Intended Grade Level:
PreK-2,
3-5,
MS,
HS,
OST
Resource Link(s):
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Description:

This Legacy Power web resource is filled with background content to help facilitate solar cooking activities. Linking the sicence of solar cooking to hands-on activities and even recipes for using solar cookers, this is a particularly useful tool for giving educators ideas and starting points for their own engineering design challenges around this topic.

Location:
National
Energy Content:
Energy Fundamentals,
Light (Visible),
Potential & Kinetic Energy,
Solar Thermal,
Thermal Energy (Heat)
NGSS Disciplinary Core Idea:
ESS1.B: Solar System,
ESS2.A: Earth Materials & Systems,
ESS3.D: Climate Change,
PS3.A: Energy Definitions,
PS3.B: Energy Conservation & Transfer,
PS4.B: Electromagnetic Radiation
Pedagogy & Practice:
Engineering Design,
Project-Based Learning