Solar Oven Shoe Box Smores

Build a simple box cooker using simple materials in less than 1hour.

Solar oven shoe box smores.

From shoe boxes to pizza boxes the choice of materials is up to you. How to make a diy solar oven. 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. Take this fun stem project outdoors the next hot day you have this summer.

However my aim was to demonstrate the science principles rather than make something capable of cooking lunch although s mores would probably work. 1 cut the oven door flap on the box. A shoe box or pizza box works well because the lid stays attached. 2 decorate your solar oven with sharpies.

Really any box will do. Harness the energy of the sun to make the best snack ever invented s mores. This is a fun optional step. Keep the s mores kind of spread out on the black paper in your oven.

You could probably just make the s mores on your car dash if you wanted but that s less fun and way more messy. 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. No campfire needed with this engineering classic.

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. All you need to do is create an enclosed windowed space that will retain heat. Line the inside of the cardboard box with black paper. Our door was large to maximize our s mores capacity.

In this video you will learn how to make a solar shoebox microwave oven. Summer stem isn t complete until you have made your own sun oven or solar cooker for melting s mores. Design and build a solar oven with a whole group or as a backyard boredom buster. How to make pizza box solar oven smores 1.

In other words the solar oven is like a super greenhouse. The size depends on what you are cooking and how much access you need. Think of getting into your vehicle on a hot sunny day. I wanted something that will mostly work even if the kids are sloppy putting it together.

The marshmallows are cooked during absorption when the heat energy is transferred into the marshmallow. Here s the science behind how the solar oven works. Before you close it up for cooking you might want to tape a thermometer near the black paper inside the box.