Students from a village school in Tamil Nadu attempted to build a solar cooker to cook rice and save energy based on instructions in a reference book. However, their first attempt failed because they did not properly follow the instructions. They realized they had made a mistake by using a black coated glass rather than a plain one. In their second attempt, they made adjustments like using a wooden block on the bottom rather than a black coated box and placing bricks on the glass to prevent air from escaping, and this time the solar cooker successfully cooked the rice in three hours.

1. Try for using alternative energy,
By Students of Asthinapuram
village school, Tamil Nadu.
Panchayat union middle school,
17,Asthinapuram,
KattangolothurBlock,
Kannivakkam post,
Kancheepuram district.
Pin:603202
cell:9894566423,044-42659394.
HAVE YOU SEEN SUN RICE
YOU HAVE SEEN SUN RISE

2. HEY! LOOK AT THIS PICTURE,IN THIS
REFERENCE BOOK.LET US TRY TO DO
THIS,SEEMS LIKE A SOLAR COOKER.LET US
SAVE ENERGY.

3. I AM KEEPING A GLASS PLATE AS WE
SAW IN THE PICTURE OF THE
REFERENCE BOOK.

4. THEN I AM KEEPING AN
INFLATED CAR TUBE

5. I AM PAINTING THE
ALUMINIUM BOX IN BLACK
COLOUR

6. I AM POURING WATER IN RICE
IN THE RATIO OF 1:2

7. I AM KEEPING THE BOX INSIDE
THE TUBE

8. I AM KEEPING BLACK COATED
GLASS ON THE TUBE

9. OH!! NO!! THE RICE IS NOT COOKED

10. WHY????WHY????
WHY????WHY???? WHY????
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11. OH NO, WE HAVE MADE A MISTAKE WE HAVE
ONLY SEEN THE PHOTO WE MUST READ AND
DO IT

12. O.K LET US READ
PROPERLYWE MUST NOT KEEP BLACK
COLOUR GLASS. IN THE
BOTTOM, WE MUST KEEP A
WOODEN BLOCK
KEEP A NORMAL CLEAN
GLASS,THE AIR BETWEEN THE
TUBE AND THE VESSEL MUST NOT
ESCAPE O.K.;

13. WE ARE KEEPING A WOODEN BOX COVER
IN THE BOTTOM.

14. INSTEAD OF CAR TUBE TVS BIKE TUBE IS
KEPT.

15. WE ARE KEEPING THE BLACK COATED
RICE BOX WITH WATER IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE TUBE.

16. COVERED WITH A PLAIN GLASS ON THE TOP

17. WE ARE KEEPING BRICKS ON THE GLASS TO
PREVENT THE AIR FROM ESCAPING FROM THE
GAPS BETWEEN THE TUBE AND THE WOODEN
BLOCK.THE BOX IS HEATED FOR THREE
HOURS.

18. WOW! RICE IS COOKED.COME LET’S HAVE
SUN RICE.