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Fire Investigation and Experimentation Lesson PlanFire Investigation and Experimentation Lesson Plan
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Forest Foundation
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4th - 8th
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Fire Investigation and Experimentation

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  • Lesson 4 Vocabulary
  • Fire Severity Related to Fuel Moisture Content
  • National Fire Danger Rating System
  • National Weather Service
  • Wildfires in California
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Assess the probability of a wildfire with several lessons about fire danger ratings and risk factors. After experimenting with fuel moisture, learners explore the various elements that could contribute to a wildfire, such as wind speed, temperature, and relative humidity.

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Concepts

wildfires, humidity, fire, fire prevention, relative humidity, fuel, topography

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Incorporate into your unit on ecosystems, biomes, or climate
  • A good addition to a lesson on renewable resources or fire safety

Classroom Considerations

  • Second part of the lesson requires outside space, ideally surrounded by trees

Pros

  • Emphasizes universal access with several different learning strategies
  • Provides several enrichment activities, ideal for advanced science classes or extra credit opportunities
  • Comes with lab sheet, worksheet for recording data, and printables for the fire danger activity, as well as a presentation and vocabulary form (attached)

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  • None

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