Solar S'Mores

Your class will agree that this is the best way to demonstrate the greenhouse effect: making solar s'mores! Using a clear plastic cups as mini atmospheres, lab groups compare how adding different materials affects the melting rate of...

Ever made solar s'mores? Or recreated the solar system using peanuts? Astronomers young and old investigate all things solar using a variety of activities. Explore how the sun works, types of light it emits, and methods of charting the...

Students build a solar oven. In this solar energy instructional activity, students follow directions that show them how to build a solar oven made from a pizza box that can heat up food.

Fourth graders complete activities to study the sources of energy and forms. In this energy lesson, 4th graders discuss the origin of energy and define it. Students participate in several experiments to further study energy including a...

Students use the energy of the sun to make s'mores. In this solar energy lesson, students gather the listed materials and follow the procedures to find out if they can make s'mores using solar energy.

In this solar energy activity, students conduct an investigation that allows them to observe the occurrence of solar energy by creating a "solar oven" and cooking s'mores. 

Students observe that the Sun appears to move in predictable patterns and determine how the Earth's rotation cause night and day. They design solar cookers and prepare s'mores with their creations. Students also create models of the...

Third graders make observations about the temperature of items in direct sunlight. In groups, they discuss why asphalt, brick and cement are warmer than items surrounding them. To end the lesson, they examine how heat transfers energy...

What is thermal energy? What is the difference between thermal energy and temperature? Answers to these questions are provided by a presentation that also covers conduction, convection, and radiation.