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Resource Title:Cooking with the Sun
Description:Students learn about using renewable energy from the Sun for heating and cooking as they build and compare the performance of four solar cooker designs. They explore the concepts of insulation, reflection, absorption, conduction and convection.

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Author Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Contributor(s) Denise Carlson
Geoffrey Hill
Jeff Lyng
Jessica Butterfield
Jessica Todd
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Sabre Duren
Xochitl Zamora-Thompson
Educational Standards Http://purl.org/ASN/resources/S1002447
Http://purl.org/ASN/resources/S100D7F5
Http://purl.org/ASN/resources/S100F4B7
Http://purl.org/ASN/resources/S1015D9B
Http://purl.org/ASN/resources/S1022DDF
Http://purl.org/ASN/resources/S103C242
Http://purl.org/ASN/resources/S103C26D
Grade Level Elementary School
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Intended Audience Teacher
Language En-US
Publisher / Resource Provider TeachEngineering.com
Resource Format Text/xml
Resource Type Activity
Text
Rights Information Copyright 2009 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College Of Engineering, University Of Colorado At Boulder
Http://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.php
Subject Keyword(s) Absorb; Conduction; Convection; Deforestation; Electromagnetic Spectrum; Erosion; Fossil Fuel; Global Warming; Greenhouse Gases; Habitat; Insulation; Parabolic; Purify; Radiation; Reflect; Thermal Energy; Thermal Mass; Transmit
Cooking; Energy; Heating; Solar; Solar Cooker; Sun; Sunlight
Education (General)