Solar Oven S'mores

Supplies:

• personal size pizza boxes
• colorful markers
• scissors
• black construction paper
• aluminum foil
• plastic wrap
• tape
• graham crackers
• marsh mallows
• Hershey's chocolate bars
• wooden skewers

Instructions:

1. Cut a flap out of the lid of the pizza box

2. Decorate and personalize the boxes with markers

3. Place or glue a piece of black construction paper in the bottom of the box (to absorb heat)

4. Tape a piece of aluminum foil on the side of the flap facing downwards (the shiny aluminum will reflect the sunlight into the oven)

5. Tape a piece of plastic wrap across the lid of the box covering the cutout hole (to trap the heat inside)

6. Place graham cracker, chocolate, and marshmallow inside

7. Prop the flap open with a wooden skewer

8. Place outside facing the sun

9. While the s'mores cook, discuss the parts of the solar oven as well as why it is renewable energy

10. When the chocolate is melted and the marshmallow is warm and a little puffy, take them out of the oven and enjoy (Ours took about two hours to cook)

Points to Emphasize and Discuss

• What do the different parts of the solar oven do?
• What is renewable energy?
• Why is solar energy renewable?
• What is nonrenewable energy?
• Why is renewable energy better for the environment?