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Type: FireWorks activities
Availability: Public access
Date Created: June 8, 2018
Ongoing
Author(s):
- FireWorks Educational Program
Contact(s):
- Ilana L. AbrahamsonUS Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program
- Courtney A. JohnsonUS Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program
Lesson Overview: In this activity, students create a physical model to learn how the vertical arrangement of fuels affects the potential for fires to spread into tree crowns.
Lesson Goal: Increase students’ understanding of the relationship between fuel arrangement and vertical fire spread, especially in forests, shrublands, and woodlands.
Objectives:
- Students can differentiate between surface fires and crown fires, and they can describe the wildland fuels that contribute to these kinds of fire spread.
- Students can design model trees that can withstand surface fire.
- Students can create a storyboard that describes the relationship among stand structure, fuel arrangement, and fire spread.
Online Link(s):
H09: Ladder Fuel And Fire Spread - Lesson Plan (658 KB; pdf)
H09: Ladder Fuel And Fire Spread Powerpoint (794 KB; ppt)
Tinker Tree Video (7.3 MB; mp4)
Handout H09-1 (117 KB; pdf)
Handout H09-2 (180 KB; pdf)
Handout H09-3 (74 KB; pdf)
Handout H09-3 - AnswerKey (76 KB; pdf)
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Keywords:
- crown fire
- crown fuels
- ladder fuels
- surface fuels
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FRAMES Record Number: 56030