Items needed for complete trunks for the Sierra Nevada Curricula. Not all items or quantities are needed for each level (elementary, middle, high).
FireWorks Trunk Items for Sierra Nevada | Quantity | Notes |
Posters | ||
Fire Triangle Poster | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website |
Fire Environment Poster | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website |
FireWorks Safety Poster | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website |
Tree Increment Cores Data from a Soda Straw Poster | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website |
Life Size Fire Scar Poster | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website |
Story Time Characters Key Poster | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website |
Set of Tree Cookie Posters | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website |
Set of Increment Core Posters | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website |
Other Items | ||
spray Bottle | 4 | Purchase |
ruler | 12 | Purchase |
metal tray (i.e., cookie sheet) | 4 | Purchase |
ashtray | 4 | Purchase |
votive candles | 12 | Purchase |
safety goggles | 4 | Purchase |
oven mitt | 4 | Purchase |
support stand (if you don't intend to do tinker trees, you can buy a chemistry support stand, if you are going to do tinker trees, you will need to buy square posts to punch holes through and a base for the posts to screw into) | 4 | Purchase/Make |
metal rod with alligator clips at each end | 4 | Purchase |
clamp | 4 | Purchase |
segments of wire rod (for tinker trees) | ~50 | Purchase and cut |
empty round coffee can, paint can, or round oatmeal box (for insulation activity) | 1 | Purchase |
insulation materials (1 thin, 1 w/ 5 layers batting, 1 w/ 10 layers batting) | 1 | Purchase/Make |
small whisk broom | 1 | Purchase |
~3" diameter rings | 2 | Purchase |
fence-post caps | 2 | Purchase |
1-qt freezer container | 8 | Purchase |
Digital thermometer with thermocouple wire | 1 | Purchase |
measuring tape | 1 | Purchase |
hair dryer | 1 | Purchase |
9” diameter aluminum pie tin with tilted edges | 4 | Purchase |
hand lenses | 2 | Purchase |
Buried Treasures Box (10 plant specimens) | 1 | Collect locally |
Local scarred tree cookie | 1 | Collect locally |
One knobcone pine cone | 1 | Collect locally |
Cookie book for tree cookie posters* | 1 | Can download from flash drive/website |
The Storrie Fire Story* | 1 | Can download from flash drive/website |
FireWorks Encyclopedia (younger grades)* | 1 | Can download from flash drive/website |
FireWorks Encyclopedia (older grades)* | 1 | Can download from flash drive/website |
Matchstick forest kit, includes: | ||
Masonite Boards | 4 | Make |
Nuts | 4 | Purchase |
small bolts | 4 | Purchase |
medium bolts | 4 | Purchase |
long bolts | 4 | Purchase |
small nail | 4 | Purchase |
Campfire challenge fuels, includes: | ||
dead conifer needles | bunch | Collect locally |
small twigs (about 0.5 centimeter in diameter or less) | bunch | Collect locally |
large sticks (about 3 centimeters in diameter) | bunch | Collect locally |
green conifer needles | bunch | Collect locally just before doing campfire challenge |
Duff (use peat moss) | bunch | Purchase |
Mystery trees box, includes: | ||
Tree bark/trunk specimen | 12 species | Collect locally |
Cone/flower specimen | 12 species | Collect locally |
Pressed foliage specimen | 12 species | Collect locally |
Tree Photo Packet (for middle school)* | 12 species | Can download from flash drive/website |
Tree Photo Packet (for high school)* | 12 species | Can download from flash drive/website |
*We recommend storing these documents in sheet protectors within a binder so they can be reused.