Event Year: 2022 Event Location: Cocoa-FL Competition: Solar Energy Cook-Off Division: 6-8 School: Pine Crest School Team Size: 4
Team Members (all 8th Grade)
Mia F.
Ava G.
Raina F.
Jewels F.
Historixal information:
The Solar Girls won second place in the virtual competition.
We are a proud all-girls team, who love to support one another and hope to further pursue being women in stem throughout the rest of our school career and as we become adults.
The Solar Girls are proud P.C. panthers!
Pinecrest has competed in this competition for over two years now!!
Rexipies: and insttrtuxtions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fG_2bH3W1F-cCzsL2MmbUQejv-yfQAd71UEPgZjddGw/edit
Our Solar Oven:
Thanks to Mr. Swanson and Ms. Spitalnick for helping us cut the glass! We did the rest of the cutting and building of cardboard and insulation together.
Cooker Design
We looked at a variety of different cookers and one of the main components that we looked for was something that we could build and change to work the best for us.
We chose this type of cooker because there was a very high temperature we could reach and there are a variety of changes we can make to the original design to reach higher temperatures.
This is after we painted our cooker with heat-proof black spray paint to absorb heat
This is right before we were going to add out the tin foil and spray paint
This is the door to open our cooker
This is our spray painting our cooker black to absorb heat
Very creative design that’s solid and incorporates all of the elements of a good solar oven system. Beautiful web page with detailed log, impressive video and tasty meal at the end. Way to go!!!
Good choice of food to match the oven capabilities. Excellently detailed work log. I really like the strong reflector in front to increase your solar gain.
Back door, slanted glass front design for easy access is different than most designs. I like this design!!
Very creative design that’s solid and incorporates all of the elements of a good solar oven system. Beautiful web page with detailed log, impressive video and tasty meal at the end. Way to go!!!
Good choice of food to match the oven capabilities. Excellently detailed work log. I really like the strong reflector in front to increase your solar gain.
What a great recipe to try out! I love the design.