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Type: FireWorks activities
Availability: Public access
Date Created: October 5, 2017
Ongoing
Author(s):
  • FireWorks Educational Program
Contact(s):
  • Ilana L. Abrahamson
    US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program
    ilana.l.abrahamson@usda.gov

Lesson Overview: In this activity and the next one, students learn about the concept of the Fire Triangle, then test it experimentally. This activity focuses on fire’s requirement for fuel and a heat source.

Lesson Goal: Increase students' understanding of fire as a process of chemical change.

Objectives:

  • Students can describe the chemical change that occurs in combustion.
  • Students can explain why combustion is a chemical change.
Online Link(s):
M03: Fire Triangle 1 - Heat And Fuel - Lesson Plan (417 KB; pdf)
Handout M03-1 (131 KB; pdf)

Cataloging Information

Topics:
Fire Behavior    Fuels
Regions:
Northern Rockies    Northwest
Partner Sites:
FireWorks
Keywords:
  • C - carbon
  • chemical changes
  • CO2 - carbon dioxide
  • fire triangle
  • H2 - hydrogen
  • heat
  • oxygen
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 25038