Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fire and Fire Suppression

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore forest fires and forest service's new stategies. They study a case of natural burn and the impact of lowering the intensity of a larger forest fire.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

People Who Work in the Woods

For Teachers K - 4th
Students study the types of jobs that people can do in the forest. They examine those who study the forest, harvest the trees, and plant trees to renew the forest.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Works in This Forest?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars examine the variety of jobs that are related to working in the forest. Information on the different jobs is provided in this lesson plan for the teacher to share with the students. The young scholars create a collage...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mapwork: A Place In the News

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students determine how to find geographic information about places they read about in the news. In this geography lesson, students look at political and physical maps to determine the difference. They access maps online to find the...
Article
BBC

Bbc: Chile Forest Fires: Troops Join Fight Against Worst Fires in Decades

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Article
Other

Allerin: How Green Robots Are Helping With Environmental Sustainability

For Students 9th - 10th
Robots are now being used to fight climate change and protect our green environments. They help to fight forest fires, manage our waste, restore the oceans, support renewable energy initiatives, and make agriculture more-environmentally...
Article
Smithsonian Institution

Tween Tribune: Wildfires Rage Across Southern Appalachians

For Students 3rd - 8th
A drought has caused tremendous wildfires ripping through Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Find out the damage and how the U.S. Forest Services are fighting the threatening blazes.