Build an easy solar oven -- an appropriate technology! (Quick Activities).(Brief Article) From: Technology and Children | Date: December 1, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 International Technology Education Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Introduction:

In some countries, people don't have enough electricity or wood supplies to use for cooking. So they have learned how to cool with a free energy source -- the sun! Solar cookers are not new, but people are learning how to make them more efficient and safer to use. In these areas, people are using materials they can find easily to make their solar cookers. That's what makes it an "appropriate technology" -- it works in their area with materials they call ea...