Lesson Overview: Students use an experiment, a PowerPoint presentation, and a technical article to explore how the Fire Triangle relates to the chemical equation (model) for combustion and the carbon cycle.

Lesson Goals: Increase students’ understanding of combustion and the connections between combustion and the carbon cycle.

Objectives:

• Students can explain that combustion produces water, carbon dioxide, heat, and light.
• Students can explain how forests and wildland fire store and release carbon, and how this process is related to fire.