Curated OER
Scientific Approach to Forest Management
Students use wireless laptop computers to collect, store, communicate, and organize data from the 1999 Jasper Fire area. They collect data in the field and compare it to student-collected data from prior years to develop conclusions...
Curated OER
Wildfire: Friend or foe?
Students explore positive and negative effects of wildfire and analyze positions on fire management. They conduct library research to uncover as much about wildfires and prescribed burns as they can. Students participate in a role-play...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fire Cloud
Firefighters fight a raging fire on a wild horse range in Montana in this video segment from Nature.
US Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Research Station: Living With Fire
Play a great interactive game where you become a fire manager and learn to deal with fire safety. Also, explore the lesson plans for presentation and the classroom.
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Natural Hazards: Fires
Browse forest fires across the world. Learn about these natural hazards as you browse by date or region.
Other
Ohio Department of Education: The Long and Short Story of Ecological Succession
An ecology simulation where each student plays a role of an organism in an forest ecosystem. Students earn and keep track of their own survival points to determine which type of organism is most successful at survival during different...
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Global Fire Monitoring
Learn how the emissions from forest fires and brush fires create a significant environmental change locally and globally.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Making "Fingerprints"
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students simulate a forest fire based on probability of the fire spreading. Different probabilities will yield different results, and as such all students should attain...
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Smokey Bear's Seven Campfire Safety Tips
This site has Smokey Bear's Seven Campfire Safety Tips. These tips will help you when you are out camping.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Mapping Fireprints
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this diverse lesson has students perform linear regression analysis (to compare two fire variables), check three-dimensional points using a planar equation, and evaluate points to determine...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Where Growth Meets Growth
Students identify fire risk factors for a property located near a wildland area.
Other
Smokey Bear
Use this site to learn tips for fire safety while outdoors, background information about Smokey, and games to play, as well as nature information about the Black Bear.
BBC
Bbc: Chile Forest Fires: Troops Join Fight Against Worst Fires in Decades
South of Santiago, Chile is experiencing awful forest fires like they have not seen in ages. There is great concern over the destruction of the flames because of how many there are and how few resources they have. The fires are sparking...
Other
National Fire Protection Association
The mission of the National Fire Protection Association is to help educate people about the importance of fire safety. Fact sheets help you act with caution around appliances, candles, and electrical devices, and the kids area, featuring...
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Evolving in the Presence of Fire
This article shows the results of boreal fires in North America and Russia. Learn how the fires spread and the different species that inhabit the area after the fires are gone.
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Flight From Big Tangle Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Flight From Big Tangle, an adventure novel written by Anita Daher, is set in Saskatchewan and follows a young girl's experiences as she struggles to overcome her fear of flying a plane when she is trapped by a forest fire. This teacher's...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Wildfires Are Necessary
Our early ancestors relied on lightning to cause forest fires, from which they could collect coals and burning sticks to help them cook food and clear land. Yet, it wasn't just humans who benefited from these natural phenomena. Even as...
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Big Droughts, Forest Fires Could Be the New Normal in Appalachia
Wildfires have burned more than 100,000 acres across seven states in the southern Appalachian Mountains since late October. Will they end for good or is this a sign of what is to come?
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Lowdown: After the Fires: North Bay Teachers and Students Talk Disaster Prep Lesson Plan
Wildfires burned whole neighborhoods in Northern California in a matter of minutes. In Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, hurricane winds and flood waters wreak havoc on buildings, power lines and roads. No community is entirely safe from...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Fire
Use this applet to demonstrate the spread of a forest fire. The applet takes into consideration the probability that a tree adjacent to a burning tree will catch fire, and it shows how much of a sample forest will burn. Repeat the fire...
Curated OER
Alberta Online: A Forest Fire in the Boreal Forest
View a photo of a forest fire in the Boreal Forest.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Forest Fire
This photo shows a small part of a larger forest fire still burning intensely as ash and smoke smolders in the background.