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Teacher Resources Solar
Cooking Miami
Country Day School
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Solar Olympics
2.
Students share BRIGHTER FUTURES as they experiment with various
aspects of solar cooking technology.
3.
Participants are invited to experiment with alternative energy
uses by making, testing and using solar cookers. Recipes, construction tips, experiments and research findings
will be shared on line and compiled on a web site.
4.
All ages are invited to participate.
5.
This project will continue indefinitely.
Results will be shared at international conferences through demonstrations
led by participants. 6. Classroom activities: A) Students will design original solar oven B) Students will compare insulation materials C) Students will compare panel cookers to box cookers D) Students will compare heat trap materials E) Students will compare the effects of climate changes on solar cooking F) Students will create an advertisement for solar cooking G) Students will debate the use of solar cookers H) Students will write letters to local newspapers about the benefits of using solar energy I) Students will create a web page about solar cooking J) Students will write and present a public service announcement for radio or TV about the need to conserve energy, deforestation issues in third world countries, the problems with fossil fuels, the greenhouse effect, or global warming K) Students will create a mural depicting the history of solar energy L) Students will write and perform a play or skit about the importance of solar cooking M) Students will create and perform raps or songs about how solar cooking works N) Students will compile a solar cookbook with tips on converting standard recipes to solar oven recipes
O) Students will create board games focusing on solar energy facts
7.
Student contributions will be posted on a web site.
8.
Solar Cooker International's goal is that by the year 2001 2,400,000,000
people will be aware of solar cookers and at least one percent, 24,000,000,
will have access to solar cookers.
This could save 4 million tons of firewood per year and reduce
emissions of 6.7 million tons of carbon dioxide per year, while improving
health and relieving burdens caused by fuel shortages.
9.
All languages are encouraged, please include English, Spanish,
or French translations when possible.
10.
Fully integrated to include to include environmental science,
economics, ethics, physics, law, computer science, chemistry, philosophy,
earth science, public relations, sociology, engineering, medicine, politics,
agriculture, journalism, and art.
11.
Initial participating groups:
Miami Country Day School, Ararat Community College, jke mensah
GHANA,
jmensah@chemu.worldgh.net,
yasutomoco@aol.com,
mpease@shalomschool.org,
jot@araratcc.vicc.edu.au,
petterbr@araratcc.vic.edu.au, aasamohduo@forces.worldgh.net
12.
Name of Facilitators: Rowena
Gerber, Yvonne Moyer
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gerberr@mcds.pvt.k12.fl.us,
moyerr@mcds.pvt.k12.fl.us 14.
www.iearn.org (Labs Alive Project) 15. http://www.miamicountrydayschool.org/aces….related websites: http://alpha.fsec.ucf.edu/ed/solar-unit, http://www.solarcooking.org, www.rotarysolarcookers.org, and www.sunovens.com. |