Cooking with Solar Energy

Can you  build a solar oven that will reach at least 200 degrees farenheit????

Before building your solar oven, you need to be able to:

 

• Explain the three types of heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation.

• Identify materials that are good insulators and conductors of heat

 

Why is the handle of a pot on a stove hot?

Why does hot chocolate cool down when you blow on it?

Why is asphalt pavement much hotter on a sunny day than a concrete sidewalk?

Why do you wear a jacket in the winter?

 

Intro to Solar Energy terms

Solar Energy Info for handouts

 

What are the benefits

of solar cooking?

 

Solar Cookers International Network

(your go-to site for solar oven info)