Survival Solar Oven

I've always wondered about different ways to prevent more fossil fuels from getting trapped in the earth's atmosphere. So in this Instructables for my science class, I decided to make my project on Solar and heat. Whether you're a spy in Rule of Three, or a kid who loves making, this’ll be really fun! Just make sure it's a very warm day, and you’ll be ready to go!

• Pizza Box (Prefered Black colour)
• Chopstick
• Foil
• Tape
• Ruler
• Plastic Wrap
• Black paper and plate
• X-Acto Knife

The first step to creating this Solar oven is to make a lid and Solar Panel. Get your box and pencil out and create 4 lines around it 1 inch apart. It should look like the first photo givin. Then get out your X-Acto Knife and start cutting the first, left, and right lines but leave the back one because that will be the bottom of your solar panel.

Get your foil paper out and lay it on the solar panel’s base, folding it in and taping it down at the back like so. After you're done, do the same for where the pizza is usually placed, again making sure the tape is on the outside of the box. When you're done this, you are done with the solar part of this project as well.

Now with your plastic wrap, go over the top where you had cut out the solar panel and tape on the plastic wrap. Open the box up and do the same on the other side as well. This is just to close any gaps of air.

Place the food you would like to cook on a black plate. Then put a black piece of paper under the plate. Close up the box. (Use tape if you need to) Put a chopstick in the corner of the box (NOT in the plastic wrap) and prop the other side up so that it's clear the sun will reflect off of it.

There is no time limit to let the food cook. Depending on the type of food, come back every few minutes or hours to see whether it's been cooked or not.

Now just take the tape off (if you used any) and pull out your food. Now it's time to see the science we used! The Tinfoil acted as our insulator which is something that is great at trapping heat. The sunlight goes down to the aluminum foil then reflects it to the ‘window’ we made with the plastic wrap. The reason we used black paper and black paper plates was because the colour black contrasts with the heat and gets easier to heat up. Now during all of this reflecting process, the light energy particles change into heat energy, that being said you heat up your food from a natural heat called the sun. Like I talked about in the Introduction, by doing this at least once a week, you save a lot. The fossil fuels get trapped in the earth's coreless changing the way we live day by day and putting an end to climate change. This video down below is more detailed about Solar Cooking!