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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, students use a physical model to learn how the vertical arrangement of fuels affects the potential for fires to spread into tree crowns. This activity applies mainly to forests, shrublands, and woodlands.
Lesson Goal: Increase students’ understanding of the relationship between fuel arrangement and vertical fire spread, especially in forests, shrublands, and woodlands.
Objectives:
- Students can design a model tree and assess its ability to “survive” a surface fire.
Online Link(s):
M06: Tinker Trees - Lesson Plan (1 MB; pdf)
Fire Environment Triangle (91 KB; pdf)
Handout M06-1 (148 KB; pdf)
Handout M06-2 (284 KB; pdf)
Ladder Fuels (222 KB; jpg)
Tinker Tree Video (7.3 MB; mp4)
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Keywords:
- fire spread
- ladder fuels
- succession
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FRAMES Record Number: 24547