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Course
Type: FireWorks activities
Availability: Public access
Date Created: July 26, 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: This activity explores the use of insulation to slow the transfer of heat through materials. Bark (on stems of trees and shrubs) and soil are two kinds of materials that insulate living things from the heat of fires.
Lesson Goal: Increase students’ understanding of heat transfer and the usefulness of insulation to slow the process of heat transfer.
Objectives:
- Students can describe how insulation affects the flow of heat through a substance.
- Students can explain how tree bark and soil can protect living tissues from the heat of fires.
Online Link(s):
M15: Insulation - Lesson Plan (316 KB; pdf)
Handout M15-1 (100 KB; pdf)
Handout M15-1: Answer Key (70 KB; pdf)
M15: Empty Graph (47 KB; ppt)
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Keywords:
- bark
- soils
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FRAMES Record Number: 24556