On Monday, September 26 Wellington’s fourth grade students participated in the school’s annual Tin Can Cook-Out, a 40-year tradition that ties into the fourth grade science curriculum learning about heat, heat transfer and energy conversion.
During class time prior to the event students built pizza box solar ovens, and day-of they used those and oversized tin cans with sternos to cook themselves breakfast. The delectable smells of eggs, bacon and sausage filled the air as students visited with each other and parents who came to help.
Teacher Autumn Clark said that the students love this event every year; “It’s kind of eye-opening [for them]. When you tell them you’re gonna cook breakfast on a tin can, they kind of look at you like you’re crazy. But when their bacon starts sizzling, they’re like ‘It’s working!’”
