Room Preparation Students need table space and elbow room to construct their apple bakers. Safety Precautions Use care when handling scissors, knives, or apple slicers. Lead discussion to how solar energy can be trapped and used for practical purposes. Identify heating homes, heating water, power for solar cars, and electricity. Today, we will build a solar apple baker to bake apple slices.
Activity Pass out handout with illustration and directions for solar apple bakers.
Students construct their own solar apple baker, slice apples, and wrap and place slices in apple bakers. Have students put bakers in a spot with lots of sunlight exposure. Students observe, smell, and taste apple slices daily. They may take out apple slices whenever they are cooked to suit them. Evaluation Let students share how they made their solar apple bakers, how the bakers harnessed solar energy, and how solar energy baked their apples.