From shoe boxes to pizza boxes the choice of materials is up to you.
Solar oven shoe box smores.
When thermal light energy from the sun enters your oven the foil in the box reflects the light heat concentrating the heat into your oven.
A shoe box or pizza box works well because the lid stays attached.
However my aim was to demonstrate the science principles rather than make something capable of cooking lunch although s mores would probably work.
How to make pizza box solar oven smores 1.
In this video you will learn how to make a solar shoebox microwave oven.
A solar oven is a box that traps some of the sun s energy to make the air inside the box hotter than the air outside the box.
No campfire needed with this engineering classic.
Build a simple box cooker using simple materials in less than 1hour.
You could probably just make the s mores on your car dash if you wanted but that s less fun and way more messy.
I wanted something that will mostly work even if the kids are sloppy putting it together.
How to make a diy solar oven.
The marshmallows are cooked during absorption when the heat energy is transferred into the marshmallow.
Harness the energy of the sun to make the best snack ever invented s mores.
With scissors or xacto knife with adult help cut a three sided flap out of the top side of the box leaving at least a 1 inch border around the three sides.
2 decorate your solar oven with sharpies.
Before you close it up for cooking you might want to tape a thermometer near the black paper inside the box.
This is a fun optional step.
Our door was large to maximize our s mores capacity.
Put it in a spot that you can see through the plastic liner so you can keep track of the temperature inside your solar oven.
In this video you will learn how to make a solar shoebox microwave oven.
Make s mores with a solar oven.
All you need to do is create an enclosed windowed space that will retain heat.
Think of getting into your vehicle on a hot sunny day.
Line the inside of the cardboard box with black paper.
In other words the solar oven is like a super greenhouse.
Summer stem isn t complete until you have made your own sun oven or solar cooker for melting s mores.
Keep the s mores kind of spread out on the black paper in your oven.
Take this fun stem project outdoors the next hot day you have this summer.
Just have an adult use a craft knife or scissors to cut the solar oven door.
Really any box will do.
Design and build a solar oven with a whole group or as a backyard boredom buster.
