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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 Explore how different properties of fuels affect fire behavior - especially how hard it is to ignite fuels and how long they are likely to burn. Students consider various combinations of fuels (“fuel recipes”), predict how they will burn, then test their hypotheses.
Lesson Goal: Increase students’ understanding of fuel properties and how they affect fire spread andfire duration.
Objectives:
- Students can select and arrange fuels to build a small campfire that will be easy to ignite and burn a relatively long time.
- Students can explain how fuel properties affect fire spread and fire duration.
Online Link(s):
E05: Fuels Campfire Challenge - Lesson Plan (514 KB; pdf)
E05: Fuel Recipes (70 KB; ppt)
E05: Photos - Fuel Properties (1 MB; ppt)
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Keywords:
- fire duration
- fire spread
- fuel moisture
- ladder fuels
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FRAMES Record Number: 24517