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- 1st - 2nd
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Students discover how firefighters fight fires in the city, country, forest, and on the water front. They also study the equipment they use to fight fires. At the end of the lesson students draw a picture of a firefighter at work. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students study the types of jobs that people can do in the forest. They examine those who study the forest, harvest the trees, and plant trees to renew the forest. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students are introduced to the safe building, lighting, maintaining and extinguishing of a campfire. They rotate through a variety of activity centers that use pictures, puzzles and handouts to illustrate safe practices. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students review the steps of ecological succession in a hardwood forest, and they review the concept of climax community. There job is to discover how succession works in other communities of living things. Students are reminded about biotic and abiotic factors and interdependence of species. They work in groups of four to create a mini-history lesson about the life in a community of living things spanning 100 years. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students observe forest ecosystem, and investigate about a tree. They study the different types of soil and its porosity. Pupils distinguish the basic needs in a forest ecosystem, and examine the positive and negative affects that humans have on forest ecosystems. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students investigate the concept of fire and how it was used by the Native Americans. The lesson has sufficient background information for the teacher to establish historical context. Students summarize the nine uses for fire to benefit the environment. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students participate in fire-safety lessons. They discover fire safety procedures, what firefighters do, and how they fight fires in schools, homes, and forests. They demonstrate at least three safety rules and dialing 9-1-1 Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students identify the various types of forests and define the essential needs of a forest in terms of growth and sustainability. Working individually, students create a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting a tropical rain forest to a deciduous forest. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss the importance of biological diversity in an environment. In groups, they take measurements of their forest and examine the relationship among the organisms to their environment. They discuss the ways in which humans have impacted the forest. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss the science of volcanoes. They discuss forest fires, and the Yellowstone fire. Students complete an Earth science analysis of the fires. They complete an article reivew questions. Students discuss the following terms: plate tectonics, acid rain, hot spots, plate boundary, fault lines,and land formation. Full Review »
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