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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the reasons people have chosen to live near Colorado's Pike National Park despite the common occurrence of forest fires. Then, they explore the drawbacks and benefits of living in other high-risk areas. Full Review »
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- 6th - 7th
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Students explain the components of fire, explain how forest fires impact man and the environment, analyze data in order to recognize areas that are at risk for forest fires, make recommendations based on research. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore forest fires and forest service's new stategies. They study a case of natural burn and the impact of lowering the intensity of a larger forest fire. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine their assumptions about forest fires. They explore the conflicts involved with the forest service's new strategy. in addition, they will study one case where a prescribed natural burn had a significant impact on a later, uncontrolled wildfire. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students create and name a mascot that symbolizes and encourages forest fire prevention. Each group present its mascot to the class and explain how the mascot encourages young students to help to prevent forest fires. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students prepare a brochure outlining changes in the technology used for fighting forest fires. They must include a description of five different technologies used for fighting forest fires, one from each of the last five decades. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students conduct research and share their findings about forest fire control. They discover the three elements necessary to sustain a forest fire and five ways in which forest-fire fighters control forest fires. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students study the trend for forest fires incidents as they increase in Canada. They examine how climate change is one of the causes in the increase and how the fires affect the social, economic, and environmental status in the country. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the management of land in relation to the hazards of landscape that could pose risk for fire. They conduct research using a variety of resources and focus upon basic firefighting practices. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore forestry. They discuss creating fire breaks to control forest fires. Students create models to determine the best way to manage forest fires. They discuss current techniques of forest management. Full Review »
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