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

Online Temperature Conversion

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

Bad Hatch!

Silky Bantam

What happened to the Egg?

--they got cool on the way to our school

--they needed to be turn in the evening

We know the eggs smelled very very bad when cracked open!

Learn more about Silkie chickens or photos.

Building Solar Cookers

Can you design and build a hot solar cooker? Our plan is to build a cooker, test it making s'mores, and enjoy learning!

Build Day

Solar Cooker are used around the world to help individuals cook their meals. For more information and pictures about cooking projects see Solar Cooker Review.

Watch the video link to see the basics of how a cooker works, why cooker are important, and how government officials are being encouraged to support their use. ASAP Video: Importance of Solar Cookers

What Happen Here? Earthquake!

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Have You Built a 2 Meter Freestanding Newspaper Tower?

Objective: Use the design cycle.

Goal: Design and build the tallest freestanding tower possible using only tape, newspaper, and your creative prowess.

Investigate: Scrutinize fundamental shapes, lofty towers, and crafty bridges for design ideals to help your team build the tallest newspaper tower. Try building a preliminary small tower.

Plan: Construct design drawing for your tower. Demonstrate in drawn form what the tower will look like before it is built.

Create: Engineer your group's tower!

Evaluate: Judge the tower fir freestanding height.

Earthquake Building Construction Tech Ed

Tech Ed students extend their learning about earthquakes by constructing building. Ask one of these students who's building withstood most seismic activity. 

Lab: Convection Currents

Objective: Discover properties of heat. Investigate how the properties can cause movement of rocks on the surface of the Earth.

Magma circulates via convection currents, causing the lithospheric plates to move.

Vocabulary: 

Geology 

Conduction

Convection

Radiation