Solar Powered Pizza Oven
Time:45 min
Difficulty:Hard
Harness the power of the sun! Use renewable energy to cook up a tasty snack with your very own solar-powered pizza oven.
Here’s what you need:
- An adult to help
- A cardboard pizza box
- A box knife or scissors
- Plastic wrap
- Aluminum foil
- Clear tape
- Black construction Paper
- Newspaper
Step 1:
Carefully cut a flap into the lid of the pizza box. Leave about an inch-wide border around the left, right, and front side. This can be tricky, so ask an adult for help!
Step 2:
Wrap aluminum foil around the underside of the flap and tape it in place.
Step 3:
Open the box and tape two layers of plastic wrap to the underside of the lid.
Step 4:
Line the bottom of the box with black construction paper, then fold up a piece of newspaper and place it around the inside edges of the box.
Your solar oven is done! Try it out:
- 1. Set your solar oven up in a sunny spot, between 11am and 3pm
- 2. Put your food in an close the lid. TIP: use a pie tray for easy cleanup.
- 3. Angle the flap so that the sunlight reflects off the foil and onto the plastic wrap-covered window. Use a ruler or a chopstick to hold the flap in place.
- 4. When your food is done cooking, lift the lid and take it out using oven mitts. It might be hot!
- 5. After it’s cooled down, take a bite and enjoy!
Here’s how it works:
Heat from the sun’s rays is reflected off the aliminum foil and trapped under the plastic wrap (like a greenhouse). The black paper absorbs the heat and helps the oven get hot enough to heat up your food.
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