Thursday, April 30, 2009

Cookin' Up S'mores: Solar Cookers

Object: design and build a solar cook to produce the hottest temperature
Vocabulary: reflect, insulate, capture/trap, absorb, celsius, fahrenheit


Congratulation to our top two cooker!

Griffin at 122 degree Celsius
Mila at 104 degree Celsius

Do you want to know their temperatures in fahrenheit?

C=(F-32) 5/9

or


Grading Scale:

The temperature of your cooker will make or break your grade! The temperature will determine one of the two grades you will receive on this project.

2009 2010


A = 125 degrees plus! 220 degrees plus!

B = 91 -124 degrees 120-219 degrees

C = 76 – 90 76-119

D = 70 - 75 70-75

F = No project No project

Higher temperature would have been required this year however our thermometers maxed out at 120 and popped at 130! Wal-Mart has cheap oven thermometers that will be used next year.

Written Assignment: Solar Cooker Essay

--Use three different internet sources

About My Planet - Solar Cooking.org -Places of Use - These are just two I used.

--MLA citation of sources at bottom of the page

–use citation machine:http://citationmachine.net

--One page that answers:

What is a solar cooker?

How does it work?

Who uses it? Give real examples (two) you find in your research.

Where (what places) is it used?

Why is a solar cooker used?

--Make sure you underline/highlight the key words- who, what, when, where, why, and how in the paper.

--Paper can be typed or neatly written.

--Include pictures (drawn or printed) of two different types of solar cookers.


Due: Friday, May 1