Image courtesy: Whatever blog by Meg Duerksen
1. Build a Light Box
Build a light box and enjoy the play of sun and shadows following instructions from True Aim.
2. Build a Solar Oven
This project is always popular in summer camps, since it requires very little equipment and doesn’t take long. Kids Activities Blog explains how to build a simple solar oven:
3. Build a Parabolic Solar Cooker
This is the project for older kids from one of my favorite blogs Almost Unschoolers. Explore geometry and learn to focus sun rays with this DIY parabolic solar cooker.
4. Is It Hot Enough to Fry an Egg?
This experiment from Growing a Jeweled Rose does not require much prep and a lot of fun when kids can see not just melting chocolate and marshmallows but an egg being fried by the power of summer sun.
5. Why Do We Need Sunscreen?
Our skin is not like paper, but this visual demonstration from I Can Teach My Child shows the protective power of sunscreen
6. Build Your Own Solar Light
Amaze your kids with this easy DIY Mason jar solar light from TinkerLab.
7. Build a Solar Desalination Station
Show kids how the Sun can be put to work by making a simple solar still with the instructions from Capri+3
8. Build a Solar Powered Car
If you have a small solar panel from a science kit, you can power any self-made car with solar energy following the instructions from Science Experiments for Kids.
9. Make a Solar Updraft Tower
See solar energy move things without a battery with this solar updraft tower from Almost Unschoolers.
10. Melted Crayons
Well, melted crayons is the only experiment we have made at home so far (checking the difference between melting them on different surfaces). We produced traditional “mixed color shaped chalk”. If you want a spectacular crayon melt like the one in the head image of this post, spend more time and make a crayon rainbow melt from Meg Duerksen.
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8 comments:
Thanks again for the links - and additional inspiration!
You know, we've never successfully cooked anything outside. I should give it a try with the kids again.
Wow, this is a fantastic list! Such good ideas! I will have to try at least one of these before the summer is over ;)
~Bethany
That is such a great collection of experiments. Thanks for including our solar still. Pinned.
We made a solar oven last year, and it worked amazingly well. Granted we were at Lake Mead and it was 115 degrees out.
I've always wanted to try that solar oven one!
What great solar experiments to try with the kids. I really like the solar powered updraft tower.
i want to see that Solar Updraft tower in action. SO I get to build one. -abe farag
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