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- 12th
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Students assess the role of fire in forest ecosystem and analyze causes of and prevention methods for forest fires. They also identify factors that influence fire behavior and describe social, economic, and ecological effects of fire suppression. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze physical and biological changes in the Sequoia forest ecosystem, especially logging and fire management practices. They evaluate the controversy of how logging and fire management should be conducted in the Giant Sequoia ecosystem. 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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- 4th - 6th
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Students discuss forest management dilemmas and make uninformed decisions as to whether they are appropriate management techniques. They draw bar graphs of the class opinion for each dilemma. They use media sources to become more informed on the issues and repeat the activity to see how they votes changed with more education. 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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- 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 the changes in the Sequoia forest ecosystem. They evaluate reasons for the changes and discuss opposing views of human activity, logging and fire management practices. Students observe a video, describe the location of the Sequoia Grove. They write an opinion paper on the management of the Giant Sequoia Groves. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discover how the actions of humans affect their environment. Using the internet, they research the various plant and animal species that depend on fires for their survival. They discuss issues about controlling wildfires near urban areas. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students read and discuss background information and brainstorm reasons for wildfires. They use a Venn Diagram to list the similarities and differences between wildfires and prescribed fires and then track the weather forecast for five days to determine whether conditions are favorable or unfavorable for burning. Full Review »
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