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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse
Cooking with the Sun
Lesson Description:
In this unit, students will construct and test three kinds of solar cookers to observe the differences in their efficiency. By the end of the unit, students should have an appreciation of the availability, simplicity, and cost effectiveness of using the sun as an energy source. Students will compute fahrenheit/centigrade conversions.
In this unit, students will construct and test three kinds of solar cookers to observe the differences in their efficiency. By the end of the unit, students should have an appreciation of the availability, simplicity, and cost effectiveness of using the sun as an energy source. Students will compute fahrenheit/centigrade conversions.
Lesson Type:
- Project
Sustainability Topic:
- Energy
GEF Program Category:
- Green Energy Challenge
Time Needed:
10 minutes 15 minutes 45 minutes activity 1 – teacher introduction activity 2 – assessment of current student knowledge activity 3 – reading passage and vocabulary homework assignment – sentences with vocabulary science reading vocabulary language arts 30 minutes activity 4 – understanding fahrenheit and celsius temperatures science
10 minutes 15 minutes 45 minutes activity 1 – teacher introduction activity 2 – assessment of current student knowledge activity 3 – reading passage and vocabulary homework assignment – sentences with vocabulary science reading vocabulary language arts 30 minutes activity 4 – understanding fahrenheit and celsius temperatures science
Materials Needed:
- Copy of the reading passage and student data sheets (includes reading comprehension questions, vocabulary and lab activity) for each student
Submitted By:
Green Education Foundation (GEF) on Behalf of Infinitepower.org
Green Education Foundation (GEF) on Behalf of Infinitepower.org
School or Group:
Infinitepower.org
Infinitepower.org
Contact Email:
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
Located in: Science