Lesson 2
Watch:
PLT video Lesson 2 “Fire Effects”
“Physical Features of the Boreal Forest – Permafrost”
“Types of Fires”
“What Is Fire?”
“Spruce Needle Rust”
Read:
Forest Fire Triangle
How Hot a Fire Is It?
Succession Race
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:
Copy “playing pieces” sheet from Forest Fire Triangle, cut into pieces and “play the game” yourself, creating 5 fire triangles. Then put them in order of intensity from least to most as per the How Hot a Fire activity.
(For more Fire Triangle activities, you may want to look at Making Fires Burn or Go Out 2 in FireWorks)
EXTRA ACTIVITY
Boreal Forest Fire Hunt
Grade Level: 4-12
Skills: Observation, Classification, Comparison, Description
NGSS: 5-ESS3-1
MS-LS2-1 / MS-LS2-4 / MS-ESS3-2 / MSESS3-3
HS-LS2-1 / HS-LS2-2 / HS-LS2-7 / HS-ESS3-5
Learning Objective: Students will describe some of the effects of fire on a boreal forest or tundra ecosystem.
Boreal Forest Fire Hunt (Role of Fire curriculum )