Use this category to discuss the unit: Solar Ovens.
Unit Details
Description: Students design, build, and test solar ovens. They critique and refine their own and their peers’ designs. Students learn about how energy is transformed from solar radiation to heat and infrared radiation. (GRIDS, STRIDES)
Discipline: Physical Sciences / Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
Features: Virtual Model, Concept Map, Hands-on Project
Grade level: 6
NGSS Performance Expectations: MS-PS3 Energy (MS-PS3-3) / MS-ETS1 Engineering Design (MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-4)