The sun here in Texas is brutal. It feels like 109 °F outside and it makes you just want to stay indoors all day long. If you don’t believe me then maybe you’ll believe my phone. Wow.. it’s a scorcher.
When I saw this experiment, I thought it would be perfect to harness the power of the sun to make one of my kid’s FAVORITE snacks!
It is true, sometimes I have to entice my kids to do science with food, but even I was impressed by making s’mores with solar energy. (And yes, I sampled more than one of the results myself!)
Here’s what you need:
- A pizza box (I recommend one with a full lid. We used a DiGiorno box and we had to modify the oven quite a bit)
- Aluminum foil
- Cling wrap
- Scissors or craft knife
- Elmers glue
- Tape
Here’s a video on how to make the oven. We kept ours super simple and didn’t worry about making it air-tight (since, well come on, we probably didn’t need an oven to make s’mores outside in this heat!)
Assembling the s’mores was the most fun! We could barely wait an hour and honestly it only took 20 minutes for the chocolate to melt and the marshmallows to get nice and gooey!
What happens:
This is an example of the greenhouse effect. The cling wrap lets the sunlight in but traps the heat inside making a perfect oven for a yummy chocolate-y treat!
I bet you and your kids can’t wait to eat this! Try and eat only one!
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