Build a Solar Oven Iqbal READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Build a Solar Oven Iqbal READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
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Integrate STEM in your classroom and teach about Solar Energy with this super fun Solar Oven STEM Challenge!
In the Build a Solar Oven STEM Activity, students learn about solar energy and use their knowledge to engineer their own solar cooker to cook s'mores!
Integrate Literacy with a Read Aloud!
This Solar Oven STEM Challenge works as an amazing companion activity to Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet by Liz Suneby.
Take students through the Engineering Design Process!
Students design, build, and test their own Solar Cooker / Solar Oven! After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.
Add in Explanatory Writing!
A writing activity is included as a follow up for students to write out a sales pitch for their solar oven creation.
Amazing resource for STEM club, STEM teachers, elementary librarians, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educational environment in their classroom!
Material List:
- Tape
- Unused Pizza Box (Pro Tip: Local Pizza shops gives these away for free)
- Clear Plastic Wrap
- Popsicle Sticks
- Black Construction Paper
- Aluminum Foil
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet by Liz Suneby (Recommended)
Includes:
- Teacher Instructions
- Student Instructions
- Student Solar Oven STEM Activity
- Student Reflection Sheet
- Writing Activity
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