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Course
Type: FireWorks activities
Availability: Public access
Date Created: July 25, 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 and the next one, students learn about the concept of the Fire Triangle, then test it experimentally.
Lesson Goal: Increase students’ understanding of fire as a process of chemical change.
Objectives:
- Students can describe the chemical change that occurs in combustion.
- Students can explain why combustion is a chemical change.
Online Link(s):
M03: Fire Triangle Heat And Fuel - Lesson Plan (397 KB; pdf)
Handout M03-1: Why Does the Match Go Out? (131 KB; pdf)
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Keywords:
- C - carbon
- CO2 - carbon dioxide
- fire triangle
- H2 - hydrogen
- heat
- O - oxygen
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FRAMES Record Number: 24544