 |
|
 |
 |
Can you name the different types of cookers below?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Solar
Solutions Group (First Meeting 1/22/03)Miami
Country Day Solar Solutions Group met for the first time today to begin working
on our Solar Cooking Project for the YouthCan conference in New York.
Sixteen eager students gathered in the ACES lab and began by constructing their
own solar cookers from used computer boxes. Take a look at the construction
process.
 |
|
|
|
Fantastic, now
all we need is a plexiglass top to trap the heat inside - then our cookers will
be ready to bake! Mrs. Gerber went over important vocabulary that will
be very useful while researching solar cookers and their many uses. Everyone
worked really well together.
(Second Meeting 1/29/03) The MCDS Solar Solutions group thought
of many interesting questions as they discussed solar cookers at our second
meeting. We viewed several web sites to see which type of cookers to construct.
Lab sheets and
several useful handouts were given to students (you can view/print them below)
and we tried solar cooked calzones. Yum! Students couldn't wait
to get started constructing their own solar cookers!
2/12/03
We conducted many experiments today! One experiment tested whether
blue glass or clear glass would heat up to a higher temperature. The equipment
used were two thermometers, a clear bowl (with lid to trap the heat), a blue
bowl (with lid to trap the heat), and our solar oven. Procedures included
checking the thermometer inside each bowl every ten minutes for sixty minutes.
Are you curious about our results?! Email us at youthcan@miamicountryday.org
and try the experiment yourself. As a group we discussed several other
experiments, conducted them outside, recorded our data on our science experiment
sheets (you can see it below to print out), and made chocolate chip cookies
in the solar ovens. Several students tested out their solar cookers using
plexiglass and oven bags as heat traps. Various reflectors were used in
experiments today and the group was dismissed to go home and begin designing
their own solar ovens.
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Do
you have questions about solar cooking? WE sure do! Visit our website
again to see how many ANSWERS we find after our experiments.
Solar Solutions Cooker Questions
Can you bake and fry in a solar cooker?
How do you make a heat trap?
Does the food need to be frozen?
How long do they take to cook?
Can you cook more than one thing at a time?
Why doesn't one have a heat trap?
Why is one dull?
How hot do they get?
What can you cook?
How do you put food in?
Does it cook with electricity?
How do you build one?
How do you know how hot it is?
Can it catch on fire?
How do you take food out if it's hot?
Do you have to bring it inside to cool?
How do you control the heat?
Does metal work better?
Do you have to preheat?
Why does one have a slide?
What time is best to cook?
Can you cook in cold, rain, smoke, or when it’s cloudy?
(Materials adapted from Zephyr Press)
|
Solar Cooker Inventor’s Log
Name _____________________________________________
|
|
Solar Inventor’s Log (continued)
Name _____________________________________________
|
|
Solar Cooker Reverse Engineering
Student
_____________________________________________
|
|
Solar Cooker Reverse Engineering (continued)
Signed: ___________________________ Date: __________________
|
| Name:
Date:
Science Experiment Sheet Background ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ adapted from Science for Every Learner |