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Course
Type: FireWorks activities
Availability: Public access
Date Created: August 11, 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 use an experiment, a PowerPoint presentation, and a technical article to explore how the Fire Triangle relates to the chemical equation (model) for combustion and the carbon cycle.
Lesson Goals: Increase students’ understanding of combustion and the connections between combustion and the carbon cycle.
Objectives:
- Students can explain that combustion produces water, carbon dioxide, heat, and light.
- Students can explain how forests and wildland fire store and release carbon, and how this process is related to fire.
Online Link(s):
H03: Fire Triangle - Carbon Cycle Connection Powerpoint (695 KB; ppt)
Handout H03-1 (153 KB; pdf)
Handout H03-1: Answer Key (85 KB; pdf)
Handout H03-2 (69 KB; pdf)
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Keywords:
- C - carbon
- carbon cycle
- CO2 - carbon dioxide
- combustion
- fire triangle
- photosynthesis
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FRAMES Record Number: 24589