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Course
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: Students look at specimens of 9 plant species- grasses, wildflowers, shrubs, and trees- and examine their underground parts. They learn how these parts enable the plants to survive and/or thrive after fire.
Lesson Goal: To increase students’ understanding that many plants have underground parts that enable them to survive wildland fire and/or reproduce successfully after fire.
Objective: Given an opportunity to study, draw, and discuss the underground parts of botanical specimens:
- Students can draw an imaginary plant that contains at least two kinds of underground parts that enable it to survive wildland fire and/or reproduce afterward.
- Students can explain how the underground parts of their imaginary plants allow them to survive fire or reproduce afterward.
Online Link(s):
E12: Buried Treasures - Lesson Plan (902 KB; pdf)
E12_Handout: 8 Photos (771 KB; pdf)
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Keywords:
- post-fire survival
- topkill
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FRAMES Record Number: 24526