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Type: FireWorks activities
Availability: Public access
Date Created: June 28, 2017
Ongoing
Author(s):
- FireWorks Educational Program
Contact(s):
- Ilana L. AbrahamsonUS Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program
Lesson Overview: In this activity, students participate in a human model that shows how wind affects fire spread.
Lesson Goal: Increase students’ understanding of wildland fire spread as affected by weather.
Objectives:
- Students can participate in a physical model of a forest (or other standing fuels).
- Students can use the Fire Triangle to explain how wind affects fire spread.
Online Link(s):
E06: Wind - Lesson Plan (147 KB; pdf)
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Keywords:
- backing fire
- fire spread
- head fire
- wind
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FRAMES Record Number: 24518