Energy Transfer: Cooking With the Sun

Create the most effective solar cooker in this engaging energy-focused worksheet! Students will read about a boy who creates his own solar cookers using different colors of paper lining, then measures the temperature of the cookers. Young scientists will need to evaluate the data to decide which solar cooker liner is the most effective and answer questions about how light energy was reflected, absorbed, and transformed in the different solar cookers. 

This fourth-grade worksheet is designed to connect the concept of light energy transfer to a real-world phenomenon. Students can improve their understanding of light energy reflection and absorption while they practice analyzing and interpreting data to draw conclusions. 

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