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Course
Type: FireWorks activities
Availability: Public access
Date Created: June 27, 2017
Ongoing
Author(s):
- FireWorks Educational Program
Contact(s):
- Ilana L. AbrahamsonUS Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program
Lesson Overview: This activity contains three demonstrations in which students observe real fires to see how the conceptual model of the Fire Triangle applies to real combustion.
Lesson Goal: Increase students’ understanding of combustion. Increase their awareness that use of fire requires safe practices and responsible adult supervision.
Objectives:
- Students can use the Fire Triangle toexplain why lighted matches go out.
- Students can use the Fire Triangle to explain why it is difficult to light a candle in the presence of a mixture of baking soda and vinegar (or dry ice).
Online Link(s):
Graph for Describing Heat Plume (34 KB; pdf)
Graph for Describing Heat Plume Powerpoint (108 KB; ppt)
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Keywords:
- CO2 - carbon dioxide
- combustion
- fire triangle
- heat
- plumes
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FRAMES Record Number: 24512