Resource Links: Fire
Visit our Wildland Fire Education page for more information.
Classroom Support
Fire in Florida's Ecosystems
Information about Florida's fire education program, workshop schedules, and teacher materials. See also the Natural Role of Wildland Fire.
Firewise
Online curricula, educator pages, and interactive activities for students about outdoor fire safety. Check out the Science Teacher section in the online Firewise Catalog.
Living with Fire - Fire Management Game
Students get to see the effects of different forest management techniques by experimenting with a virtual forest. Great game for grades 5 and up.
Wildland Fire Activities
List of curricula, lesson plans, and activities, some directly posted, others with contact information.
Where Growth Meets Growth Activity
Activity that demonstrates ways to prevent fires around houses including a work sheet on which students point out fire hazards.
Risk Watch
Published by the National Fire Protection Association, this site has fun online activities for kids as well as tools for teachers to help teach about fire safety. See also Sparky the Fire Dog's page for more information and games.
American Red Cross
The American Red Cross provides lesson plans and activity sheets about residential fire prevention available for download.
Windows into Wonderland
These lesson plans can demonstrate the ways that fires can start and the conditions necessary for a successful burn.
Fire Education Videos
The USDA Forest Service has published a few videos on fire education, check out this site for ordering information.
The Natural Inquirer: Wildland Fire Education
Search the articles in this issue devoted solely to educating students about wildland fire.
BLM Learning Landscapes: Fire
Published by the Bureau of Land Management, this teacher's page includes ways classroom activities for K-12th grade, virtual field trips, curriculum standard connections, and other resources all focused on fire.
FIREWORKS
An educational program for students in grades 1-12. The program consists of a curriculum and a trunk of laboratory materials, specimens, and reference materials. It provides interactive, hands-on activities for studying fire ecology, fire behavior, and the influences of people on three fire-dependent forest types.
Reference Information
Wildfire
Kids fact page about wildfire published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Smokey Bear
Great forest fire page for students to check out. Classroom activities and guides can be found on the Resource Page.
The Environmental Literacy Council
This page has a great background information article on wildfires as well as links to other helpful sites.
Fire and Aviation Management
Background information on the management of forest fires and the roll they play in the forest ecology.
Everglades National Park
Fire in the everglades plays a vital role in the ecosystem. Check out this page to see how!
How Stuff Works
Information on the inner workings of wildfires, how they are started, fueled, spread, and fought.
Exploring the Environment
Learn all about the famous yellowstone fires and how they affected the forest ecosystem. Grades 5-8.
Organizations, Companies & Gov't Agencies
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fire Management
National Interagency Fire Center
National Fire Protection Association
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