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Course
Type: FireWorks activities
Availability: Public access
Date Created: July 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 examine specimens of nine plant species - grasses, wildflowers, and shrubs - and use a dichotomous key to identify them based on their “buried treasures” - underground parts that can sprout after fire and grow new plants.
Lesson Goal: To increase student understanding that plants have many ways to survive wildland fire and/or reproduce successfully after fire, including underground structures.
Objectives:
- Students can recognize different kinds of underground plant parts that can sprout new plants (bulb, rhizome, root crown, lignotuber) after fire.
- Students can use a dichotomous key to determine the species of each one.
Online Link(s):
M16: Buried Treasure - Lesson Plan (247 KB; pdf)
Handout M16-1 (51 KB; pdf)
M16: Buried Treasure Powerpoint (3.25 MB; ppt)
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Keywords:
- fire survival
- roots
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FRAMES Record Number: 24557