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- 4th
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Students examine the role fire plays in mantaining the physical factors of the scrub ecosystem. They see that world ecosystems are shaped by physical factors that limit their productivity. Full Review »
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- 8th - 11th
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Students work in small groups to complete a computer simulation of the percentage of forest that may burn given based on the probability of one tree catching others on fire, to help them better explain the basic principles of probability. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students investigate how fire affects a forest ecosystem. They identify the positive and negative impacts of forest fires and describe some of the changes fires can make in an ecosystem. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students study how plants and animals adapt to wildland fire. They create a plant or animal that has adapted for fire survival. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students discuss and explore nature of fire, demonstrate understanding of how to safely build, light, maintain and extinguish campfire, and rotate through and complete activities at five classroom stations, and list and/or draw things that make campfire safe and unsafe. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students gather information on how to make their homes safe before fire strikes. They discover what is meant by wildland and intermixing of urban and rural areas. In groups, they identify possible risks around their home and how it might be necessary to delegate tasks to reduce the risk of injury. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students recognize the role of of humans in the protection and preservation of natural environments. They analyze the interrelatedness of living and nonliving elements in forest ecosystems by creating posters, using vocabulary and by concept mapping. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students compare and contrast the jobs of city firefighters to forest firefighters. They view a short Internet film, complete a Venn diagram on the two professions and discuss why people are drawn to dangerous occupations. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students study fire safety techniques. They examine the uses of fire fighting equipment. They discuss how uncontrolled fire is a safety hazard and how controlled fire in an important part of life. They design fire safety plans for home and school. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students explore and analyze about Fire Safety Week. They assess what a fire is, how is spreads so fast, , that it is hot and dark. Each student becomes aware that fire related incidents is the number three cause of death for children in the United States. Full Review »
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