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Solar Ovens

9/16/2024

Creating our ovens.

Preheating our ovens. It was an overcast day, so we preheated our ovens prior to cooking in them. The temperature got between 35-40 degrees C. What is that in degrees F?

95 -104 degrees F

What do seven kids do, while the smores are cooking? Play dodgeball with Kooshballs.

Smores are cooking!

Let's
eat
smores!

Thank you to the Webb City Little Caesars for donating pizza boxes.

How many squares?

9/16/2024

12 popsicle sticks - how many squares can you make?

Tall Cup Challenge

9/5/2024

Using the cups & index cards provided, build the largest tower you can!

Spaghetti Towers & Marshmallows

Can you make a spaghetti tower that will support a marshmallow?

SUPPLIES PROVIDED: 20 spaghetti noodles, 3 feet of tape, 3 feet of string, a marshmallow

Final Dimensions

15.25 inches x 27 inches x 9.5 inches

Final Dimensions

5 inches x 3 inches x 3 inches

Final Dimensions

10.5 inches x 8 inches x 9 inches

Today, we made ice cream six (6) different ways. Mrs. Hoggatt’s classroom was a ‘little’ loud today.

Trial 1 - Two (2) paint cans, one inside the other, ice and rock salt
Trial 2 - Two (2) paint cans, one inside the other, ice and NO rock salt
Trial 3 - One paint can, ice and rock salt
Trial 4 - One paint can, ice and NO rock salt
Trial 5 - Ziploc, with ice and rock salt
Trial 6 - Ziploc, with ice and NO rock salt

After 15 minutes, we checked on the ice cream and recorded the temperature of the ice slurries.

Trial 1: -13 F
Trial 2: 0 F
Trial 3: -7 F
Trial 4: 0 F
Trial 5: -9 F
Trial 6: 2 F

Ultimately, only two (2) made soft serve ice cream and the rest got ice crystals.

Trial 1: Ice cream after 29 minutes of shaking
Trial 5: Ice cream after 22 minutes of shaking

What lesson did Mrs. Hoggatt learn today? One student does not appreciate my Mexican Vanilla (and probably will never eat anything baked by me, with vanilla in it).

NOTE: Videos are LOUD!