AP Environmental Science – Solar Cooker Fall 2016

RULES AND REGULATIONS:

  1. Working independently or in a group of 2 or 3 you will research, design, and build a solar cooker.
  2. Your solar cooker will be tested in the sun outside of CB East.
  3. Your grade will be a combination of 2 factors: 1) weight of cooker, 2) the rate the ice cube melts, 3) how much of the ice cube melts. The less the weight, the better. The faster it melts, the better. The more ice that melts the better.
  4. Your cooker cannot be “pre-made” or “bought”. YOU MUST DESIGN AND MAKE THE COOKER ON YOUR OWN.
  5. Your cooker must be designed to hold and heat an ice cube. You MUST have a container for the ice to go in.
  6. All pieces of your cooker count towards total weight except the thermometer and the ice cube.
  7. All pieces must be attached to your cooker and it must be self-standing.
  8. No motorized parts or photovoltaic cells.

Solar cookers are due in class for weight on Thursday, September 15th

Solar cooker test day will be the following school day, weather permitting.

GRADING CRITERIA:

Weight (measured on a digital scale)

0.1 pounds to 0.9 pounds30 points

1.0 pounds to 1.5 pounds25 points

1.6 pounds to 2.0 pounds20 points

2.1 pounds to 3.0 pounds15 points

3.1 pounds and over5 points

Rate and volume will comprise a total of 30 points.

**TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS = 60**

AP Environmental Science – Solar Cooker Fall 2016

RULES AND REGULATIONS:

  1. Working independently or in a group of 2 or 3 you will research, design, and build a solar cooker.
  2. Your solar cooker will be tested in the sun outside of CB East.
  3. Your grade will be a combination of 2 factors: 1) weight of cooker, 2) the rate the ice cube melts, 3) how much of the ice cube melts. The less the weight, the better. The faster it melts, the better. The more ice that melts the better.
  4. Your cooker cannot be “pre-made” or “bought”. YOU MUST DESIGN AND MAKE THE COOKER ON YOUR OWN.
  5. Your cooker must be designed to hold and heat an ice cube. You MUST have a container for the ice to go in.
  6. All pieces of your cooker count towards total weight except the thermometer and the ice cube.
  7. All pieces must be attached to your cooker and it must be self-standing.
  8. No motorized parts or photovoltaic cells.

Solar cookers are due in class for weight on Thursday, September 15th

Solar cooker test day will be the following school day, weather permitting.

GRADING CRITERIA:

Weight (measured on a digital scale)

0.1 pounds to 0.9 pounds30 points

1.0 pounds to 1.5 pounds25 points

1.6 pounds to 2.0 pounds20 points

2.1 pounds to 3.0 pounds15 points

3.1 pounds and over5 points

Rate and volume will comprise a total of 30 points.

**TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS = 60**