Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Fire!, Probability, and Chaos
Students will simulate the probability of a forest fire then graphing the data.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Fire: Estimating Percent
This interactive activity allows the student to visually practice estimation skills by estimating the number of trees and the percent of trees burned in a forest fire. There are 3 levels that provide estimating practice for large and...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Fire
Use this applet to demonstrate the spread of a forest fire. The applet takes into consideration the probability that a tree adjacent to a burning tree will catch fire, and it shows how much of a sample forest will burn. Repeat the fire...
Curated OER
Alberta Online: A Forest Fire in the Boreal Forest
View a photo of a forest fire in the Boreal Forest.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Organized Protection Against Forest Fires, 1922
A map of the United States from the U. S. Department of Agriculture (1922) showing the funds distribution at the time dedicated to forest fire prevention compared to the funds needed to adequately protect forest land. The map shows areas...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Forest Fire
This photo shows a small part of a larger forest fire still burning intensely as ash and smoke smolders in the background.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Mapping Fireprints
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this diverse lesson has students perform linear regression analysis (to compare two fire variables), check three-dimensional points using a planar equation, and evaluate points to determine...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Flight From Big Tangle Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Flight From Big Tangle, an adventure novel written by Anita Daher, is set in Saskatchewan and follows a young girl's experiences as she struggles to overcome her fear of flying a plane when she is trapped by a forest fire. This teacher's...
Other
Smokey Bear
Use this site to learn tips for fire safety while outdoors, background information about Smokey, and games to play, as well as nature information about the Black Bear.
Other
Temperate Forest Organization: Temperate Forest
Provides links to sites such as forestry, population, management, diversity, and fire. There are lesson plans, tours and educational links for teachers.
NASA
Sci Jinks: Firestorm
Fire is devastating and spreads quickly. Understand what a firestorm is and how it develops.
Other
Smokey Kids: Only You Can Prevent Wildfires
Learners explore facts about forests and bears in addition to playing 'campfire games' as they learn about how to prevent wildfires.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Probability: Playing With Fire
Students use probability to determine how likely it is for each tree in a small simulated forest to catch on fire.
Other
Ohio Department of Education: The Long and Short Story of Ecological Succession
An ecology simulation where each student plays a role of an organism in an forest ecosystem. Students earn and keep track of their own survival points to determine which type of organism is most successful at survival during different...
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Forest Fire
An image of "Forest Fire", created by Piero Di Cosimo, c. 1500 (Panel, 71 x 203 cm).
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Deer Fire Danger
A huge forest fire rages in the background as two deer take refuge in a river.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Smoke From Fire
A huge amount of smoke emerges from a devastating forest fire. The smoke travels high in the air and is blown a long distance in the wind.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Smokey Bear's Seven Campfire Safety Tips
This site has Smokey Bear's Seven Campfire Safety Tips. These tips will help you when you are out camping.
US Department of Agriculture
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
The Panhandle National Forest has programs that focus on trees and nature walks. They study wildlife habitats and wildfire restoration. Learn how nature repairs itself after a fire.
Other
Broward Community College: The Gopher Tortoise
The population of the gopher tortoise is limited by homes, roads, and buildings made by humans. This valuable species creates burrows that provide shelter for numerous creatures during natural disasters like forest fires. This site...
Other
Environmental Organization Web Directory: Forestry
This site has links and web resources, including teacher lesson plans, about forestry.
Smithsonian Institution
Tween Tribune: Wildfires Rage Across Southern Appalachians
A drought has caused tremendous wildfires ripping through Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Find out the damage and how the U.S. Forest Services are fighting the threatening blazes.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Naturally Disastrous
Students are introduced to natural disasters, and learn the difference between natural hazards and natural disasters. They discover the many types of natural hazards - avalanche, earthquake, flood, forest fire, hurricane, landslide,...
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