The simple device that does this is called a solar oven. Students will experiment with designing a solar oven and determine which design is the most efficient. Solar radiation can useful as well as harmful.
Students can apply scientific information to their daily decision making processes.
To recognize the time of the day that sun exposure is more direct and intense. Given materials such as cardboard, duct tape, aluminum foil etc., students will construct a solar oven. Students working in cooperative groups will design a solar oven. Using the materials provided, each group will construct an oven and test it. Suggested foods to cook include hot dogs, muffins and precut crescent rolls.