Lesson Overview: In this activity, students learn about the behavior, weather, and other aspects of a real wildland fire - the Storrie Fire of 2000 on the Plumas and Lassen National Forests. Then they create a podcast about the fire and potential effects of global climate change on wildland fires.

Lesson Goal: Students will be able to communicate the effects of weather on fire spread and possible relationships between global climate change and wildland fires.

Objectives: Students can use information on the history of the Storrie Fire, weather conditions, and global climate change to create a podcast that

• catches the audience’s attention with a human-interest angle,
• describes relationships between fire weather and fire spread on a certain date, and
• discusses the possible influence of global climate change on wildland fires.