Solar Ovens &

Can Cooler
Kristen Corlay & Gaby Bustani

Goal

Knows different units to measure

heat, designs experiment to measure
it & understands how heat process
propagates.

Steps

1.
2.

SOLAR OVEN

1.
2.

CAN COOLER

*Both solar ovens were the

same, but with different
shapes.

3.
4.

Steps

SOLAR OVEN

3.
4.

CAN COOLER

Info

SOLAR OVEN

Marshmallow Initial
temperature: 22C
Pizza Initial temperature: 20C
Marshmallow Final
temperature: 36C
Pizza Final temperature: 35C

CAN COOLER

Initial temperature: 15C

Final temperature: 5C

Calculations
Mass

CP

Heat =

Solar Oven #1

0.0086 KG

1225 J/KGC

14C

147.49 J

Solar Oven #2

0.15 KG

3270 J/KGC

15C

7357.5 J

Can Cooler

0.2713 KG

1750 J/KGC

-10C

-2034.75 J

Graph
8000

6000

4000

2000

-2000

-4000
Solar Oven 1

Solar Oven 2

Cooler

Conclusion

The conductor we used for

both of our solar ovens was
aluminum. We decided to test our
project with it, since it was easy
to get, yet it worked amazingly.
For our can coler, the insulators
we used was plastic, foam and
cotton. We used them, since we
though that using a variety of
insulators would work better than
just one. To conclude, we did not
expect our project to end up like
it did, since the initial and final
temperatures had all a big
difference of 10+ C.