Have you ever wondered how long it would take to heat up a hot dog in a solar oven? Well this solar oven project is the way to see which type of aluminum foil will heat up the hot dogs the fastest. According to research the thicker that the aluminum foil is the faster the hot dog will heat up, if the conditions are spot on. If the conditions are not spot on then the hot dogs will not be able to heat up fast enough. In this project you will need to look at how to assemble it, the heat and light, and last but not least the conditions. In a solar power oven it is created using cardboard that is painted black. If you are wondering why it is painted black, it is because black is an absorbing color. If you were to be using white paint instead of black paint the sun's rays would not absorb , but reflect. The darker a color is, the more it absorbs, and the lighter a color is the more it reflects. When making a solar oven make sure to paint it black so that it can absorb the light from the sun’s rays. These are the reasons why you should paint your solar oven black. Dr. Kuepper says that the best things you can do are paint it black and put it somewhere where it would get the most light. …show more content…
In order for the earth to sustain human life, it needs light and heat, and here is why. Light is needed so that the plants can grow, because without the plants there would be no oxygen for humans to breathe. When plants absorb carbon dioxide and then turn it into oxygen it is called photosynthesis. Without the heat the earth would be below zero degrees and no human would be able to live there. This is why the sun’s rays are so important that we have them to survive. As Dr. David P. Stern says that the heat from the sun's rays is the way for us to stay