Year End Activity- Solar Ovens

As a culminating activity to go along with our study of energy and heat transfer students will be asked to follow a specific design to build a solar oven. We hope to use these solar ovens to melt chocolate and marshmallows to make a delicious s’more.

We need a few materials from home to make this project work. I have posted a list of items we will be using and have indicated which need to come from home and which will be provided by the school. 

Procedure:

·        Students will be given specific directions, in class, for construction.

·        Construction will take place Thursday and Friday, June 9^th and 10^th. Therefore construction materials must be brought to school no later than Wednesday June 8^th.

·        The testing of the ovens will take place the week of June 13^th –June 16^th. The actual cooking day will be determined based on the week’s weather forecast. Below is the list of materials needed to complete the project. Thank you in advance. Anything that you can provide will be of help. If you have any questions please contact me.

Cardboard pizza box (provided by students)

Pencil

Ruler

 Scissors

Aluminum foil (provided by students)

Clear type of tape

Black construction paper

Plastic wrap (provided by students)

Newspapers (provided by students)

·        Disposable aluminum pie plate or cake dish (must fit in pizza box) (provided by students)

·        Cooking Ingredients, like those for s’more (graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolate) (provided by students)

Your Generosity is Overwhelming!

A big thank you goes out to all the students and parents who have contributed to our Water Filtration Project. We are nearly there. The one item we are still in need of is the 1 liter bottles which will be used as the apparatus for filtering the water. So far we have 6. The plan is to have 28 groups in total. Any little bit will help. Thank you again for your continued support.