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June's Solar Oven

by Jen Malia

A solar-oven experiment with room for trial and error

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A solar-oven experiment with room for trial and error

June plans to build a solar oven for pizza crackers, then must adjust when her science club changes locations. The story connects that change with practical tools June uses, including deep breaths and noise-canceling headphones, while the group experiments with how to arrange toppings so the sun can melt the cheese. Solar energy and engineering are woven into an everyday project, with back matter extending the story through information about solar energy and experimentation, plus STEAM activities. As part of the STEAMWORKS picture-book series, it brings scientific problem-solving into a familiar club activity.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children around ages 4–8 interested in science and hands-on experiments
  • Families and educators seeking picture books featuring neurodiversity
  • Young readers curious about solar energy and engineering

Themes

Solar energyEngineering and experimentationProblem-solvingNeurodiversity and coping with change

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Book overview

Join June in an exploration of solar energy, engineering, and trial & error, because STEAM is everywhere and for everyone!

Part of STEAMWORKS, a series of fiction picture books for ages 4-7 that relate science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) to kids' everyday lives.


June is determined to have the best day--building the best solar oven to cook the best pizza crackers. But when science club suddenly changes locations, June freezes. She hates new places. Still, science is her superpower, and she knows she needs to show up. With a few deep breaths and her noise-canceling headphones, she's ready.

At the club, June and her friends troubleshoot their solar pizza oven, experimenting with the best way to layer the toppings so the sun can melt the cheese just right. Can they harness solar energy to make the perfect pizza cracker?

Extend the learning beyond the story with expertly crafted back matter, including additional information about solar energy and experimentation and fun STEAM activities.

STEAMWORKS features children of all backgrounds and abilities using scientific and mathematical thinking to solve everyday problems and answer questions that matter to them. Playful stories and extension activities ignite excitement for science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) and empower children as thinkers, problem solvers, and innovators. STEAMWORKS picutre books are available in Spanish.
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