The Solar Girls
Team Members (all 8th Grade)
- Mia F.
- Ava G.
- Raina F.
- Jewels F.
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 tin foil and spray paint
- This is the door to open our cooker
- This is us spray painting our cooker black to absorb heat
Project Log: Click this link to see our work log.
These websites helped us with the design process:
- https://www.luckybelly.com/how-to-make-a-solar-oven/
- https://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/how-to-build-solar-oven-zmaz74zhol
Testing / Cooking:
The highest temperature we were able to reach was 170ºF and it was the sunniest day we have had to test our cooker.
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For our first dish, we decided to make a simple piece of salmon, because we knew that it needed to get to a fairly low temperature to cook (140˚F).
Simple Oil Poached Salmon
- 1/4 cup Olive Oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- 1 tsp Dried Oregano
- 1 Slice Salmon
- 1 Lemon
Instructions
- Place the salmon in a small aluminum pan and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Cover the salmon with the olive oil and sprinkle the oregano on top.
- Slice the lemons and cover the top of the salmon with them. Save remaining lemon to squeeze on top of cooked salmon.
- Place in solar oven and cook until internal temperature of the salmon reaches 140˚F.
- Squeeze remaining lemon on top and enjoy!