Let Us Cook

Event Year: 2025
Event Location: Cocoa-FL
Competition: Solar Energy Cook-Off
Division: 3-5
School: Osceola Science Charter School
Team Name: Let Us Cook
Project Name: Solar Oven
Team Size: 4

2nd Graders – Emmanuel S., Feras J., Kaleb C., William D.

Let Us Cook Solar Energy Cook-Off Team consist of four 2nd graders from Osceola Science Charter School. Our school has competed in the past. We have selected the solar oven as we have a little experience in it and we want to improve it. This will be our team’s 1st year participating in the event. We hope our Solar Power Oven will make snacks for all to enjoy.

• Team’s 1st year participating in this event

• Osceola Science Charter School has previously competed in school and at Energy Whiz
  
  – Our team, Let Us Cook, has an international background
  – Parents assist for directions and safety
  – Use of scissors, uploads on the webpage
  
  

Completed Test Cooker

1st test with food thermometer

2nd test with Digital Infrared Thermometer

Design Drawings:

• List of Parts:
  Recycled Box
  Black Construction Paper
  Aluminum Foil
  Plastic Wrap
  Scissors
  Tape
  Wooden Stick

Recipes:

Test 1

Test 2 – Test Solar Oven

April 6, 2025 We re-created another solar oven

Weather 75 degrees, sunny and windy day, the oven was 91 degrees at the start

10 minutes the oven was 93 degrees then at 20 minutes it rose to 117 degrees

30 minutes the weather was 84 degrees while the oven reached our highest at 127 degrees

Everyone worked together in creating the Solar Oven and preparing the food. The Solar Oven works by trapping the sun’s energy to cook the food. The sunshine reflects off the lid and shines into the oven.

• Sunlight Collection: Solar ovens uses the reflective materials, aluminum foil or mirrors, to gather and focus sunlight into a box. 
• Heat Absorption: The focused sunlight shines onto a dark surface inside the box, our black Construction paper, which absorbs the light energy and converts it into heat. 
• Heat Trapping: The box, with a transparent lid, made from the plastic wrap, helps to trap the heat inside, preventing it from escaping and allowing the food to cook. 
• Cooking: The heat from the dark surface is transferred to the food, cooking it.
  
  

Videos:

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