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Limited-Time Freebie of the Month!

As part of your STEM Space Explorer Library, we're excited to bring you an exclusive monthly freebie! This resource provides a sneak peek into the STEM Space Membership, which offers 250+ rigorous K-8 STEM lessons.

Solar Oven STEM Challenge

This engaging STEM challenge is a fun way to learn about pioneering women in history and incorporate the engineering design process as students use it to harness the sun's energy by constructing a solar oven to heat s'mores!

  • Real-World: Historical profile of Maria Telkes

  • Habits of Mind: Work as a team and brainstorm ideas

  • Science: Learn about heat transfer and solar energy

  • Making: Build a solar oven to direct heat to cook your food!

  • Math: Extension problems with ratios, percentages, and volume.

  • Technology: Learn how we use solar energy

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