The smell of fall was in the air, or was it s’mores!? On this glorious fall day, the 8th graders were incredibly eager to put their Solar Ovens to the test and see if they could make s’mores! In 8th grade physics, our Gators finished the unit learning about energy transfer and transformation. One of the key points we learned was, energy can not be created nor destroyed, it either gets transferred or transformed into another form of energy. Once students grasped this concept, we put our engineering skills to the test and constructed a solar oven using a cardboard box, foil, plastic wrap and black paper. Students could barely contain their enthusiasm as they built their ovens, none of them could be deterred from what was to come, a sweet prize for all of their hard work. After a day of building the ovens, we took them outside and filled the ovens with our s’mores ingredients. By the time students were done filling in the lab write-ups they were rewarded by their tasty treats. In this lab, not only did our students learn about solar energy and energy transformation, but their efforts were also rewarded in the end! Surely this is a sweet lab they will never forget!