1. 5th Grade Science
Lesson 2: 504, 506
September 11, 2017

2. Objective:
To speak together in ENGLISH and come up with a group plan to build your solar oven.
How to do it:
1st Each of you make your own drawing of your ideas.
2nd Discuss what is best in each person’s diagram. (English ONLY!)
3rd Then you decide what the group’s solar oven will look like.
4th Then you LABEL the parts: bottom, black cooking container, plastic bag or glass container, reflectors, insulators

3. Notebook Add to Table of Contents Class rules
Table cleanup job diagram
Lesson Objective Page and Take Aways
Vocabulary (a numbered list of words)
Solar Oven Diagrams (label final plan)

4. Class rules Follow Class Procedures * Speak English Show Respect *
Be Accountable *
* Especially seen at Clean UP!

5. Front
Wipers
and
Moppers
Dusters
and
Sweepers
Gatherers
and
Dumpers

6. Lesson Objective Page Date: 9/11 Topic: Objectives and Take Aways
Date Objective Take Away
9/11 Make a group plan for our I can bring a glass
solar oven with a labeled food container
diagram next week
(Page 5)

7. Vocabulary Heat- moving particles (atoms, molecules, etc.)
Insulators – things that keep heat in or out
Reflectors – things that make light bounce off and go in a different direction (ex: mirrors)
Containers – things that hold other things
Absorb (v.) – to take in

8. Design and Materials
The food will go into a darkened (black) pot, glass bowl or can (I will bring these next week, but you can bring your own cooking pot if you want).
A place to set the can on (a bottom)
A clear plastic zip lock bag, a piece of clear plastic or glass to cover the food.
A way to focus the sunlight toward the food.
A way to keep the heat in (if using a box)

9. Solar Cooker Designs

11. Pictures, Videos and Resources
This is a simple design, but you don’t need the glass . Also you don’t need to glue the black cloth inside or line the outside of the box in black cloth.
Solar Oven Smores:
Want more examples? Here’s a 30 minunte video with more.
Complex example- we cannot build this in school (sorry!).

12. Analysis
Watch the video. Ask yourself what is the same, and what is different amongst the three models of solar cookers.
You need one variable only to do a good science experiment. Everything else should stay the same.