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Engineering with the Sun!

This series of activities uses the heat energy from the Sun to make things melt. Test how different items melt on a hot day and challenge yourself to design a cooker for a tasty treat or design a structure to keep an ice cube from melting on a hot day. Put on your inventor and engineering hats to design, build, test, rebuild and test again until you come up with a fantastic solution.

Sun from the Planet Walk at the Montshire Museum of Science.

Sun from the Planet Walk at the Montshire Museum of Science.

Save an Ice Cube: An Engineering Challenge​

Sometimes it is important to figure out how to keep things cool on a hot day.

In this experiment and engineering challenge you are going to design a way to keep an ice cube from melting.

Download the activity guide and inventor’s planning sheet to get started!

Melting and Freezing Experiments

What happens to everyday solids and liquids when exposed to the heat or cold?

Download the activity guide to find out!

Assortment of items to melt and freeze.

Design a Solar Cooker

In this engineering activity, you will need to design a solar oven that gets hot enough to melt marshmallows and chocolate for s’mores.

Download the activity guide and inventor’s planning sheet to start cooking!