• The Sun: A Multimedia Tour
  www.astro.uva.nl/demo/od95*
  A variety of sun facts with pictures and videos
• YPOP Classroom
  www.lmsal.com/YPOP/Classroom/index.html*
  Activities that teach a physical concept, like rotation, using the sun as an example
• The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
  http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/sol.html*
  Overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets in our solar system
• Newton's Apple, Solar Energy Activities
  www.tpt.org/newtons/14/olympicsolar09.html*
  Explains how the sun is used for power from a historical perspective
• U.S. Department of Energy
  www.eere.energy.gov/*
  Solar energy, solar cells, solar water collectors, and solar heating principles
• Zoom’s Astronomy: The Sun
  www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/sun*
  Explains Earth’s orbit, temperature of the sun, nuclear energy, and the age of the sun; includes sun activities and offers ideas for studying solar exploration   
• Exploratorium
  www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/sunclock.html*
  Explains the changing shadows caused by Earth's revolution on its axis and how to make a sun clock

• Tamara’s Solar Cooking
  www.exoticblades.com/tamara/sol_cook*
  Covers the science of solar cooking, including supplies and tools needed to create your own cooker, instructions on making a solar cooker, tips for using the box cooker, and links to other sites
• The Solar Cooking Archive
  http://solarcooking.org/plans*
  Pictures of solar cookers and examples

• University of Exeter: School of Physics
  http://newton.ex.ac.uk/teaching/CDHW/egg/#intro*
  Science of cooking an egg, background information for teachers, and graphs for students 
• U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Basics
  www.eren.doe.gov/RE/solar_basics.html*
  General information about the use of solar energy 
• Solar Cookers International
  http://solarcooking.org*
  A newsletter format that includes directions for solar cookers 
• University of Missouri: Drying Foods
  http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/hesguide/foodnut/gh1562.htm*
  Benefits and methods to drying foods
• University of Georgia: Sun Drying
  www.agen.ufl.edu/~foodsaf/he520.html*
  Process of drying foods with a solar dryer

• FOSS Science Kit "Solar Energy" or similar materials for solar study

• Computers to research solar energy and fossil fuels, input data, prepare graphs, and develop multimedia presentations
• Printer to print results and brochures
• Projection system to show teacher-created slideshows to prepare students for their tasks and also to show how to use spreadsheet and publishing software
• Digital camera to take pictures of solar cookers to put into multimedia presentations

• Spreadsheet to conduct data analysis of solar-cooker experiments 
• Presentation software to develop slideshow presentations that communicate processes and results of solar energy experiments and research
• Desktop publishing software to create newsletters to educate others about the process of harnessing solar energy
  

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