One of the ways to harness the power of the sun is to use it to cook or heat food and water. The three basic types of solar cookers are “box cookers”, “curved concentrator cookers” or “parabolic” cooker and “panel cookers’, which is a combination of the box and curved concentrator cookers. To find out more about these solar cookers look to
http://solarcookers.org/basics/how.html

School children have delighted in the class project of building a solar cooking. One such class has documented their class project with pictures and details.
http://solarcooking.org/plans/Dublin_Ohio_class_project.pdf

Since building and using a solar cooker involves several scientific principles and is relatively easy with demonstrable results, it is often the choice for science projects for students.
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/solarcookers.html

Why is this concept of cooking with the sun important or useful? It could be to cook in emergency situations when traditional power is unavailable, in a camping or tailgate party fun event or, as featured in our personal story, it could be used in a life and death situation.

To purchase several varieties of functional solar cookers, including the CooKits, which is featured in our personal story, go to this website:
http://65.108.108.197/catalog/solarcookerskits-c-1.html