Resource Catalog
Course
Type: FireWorks activities
Availability: Public access
Date Created: August 11, 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: Students learn the steps of combustion and pyrolysis through videos, class discussions, and an optional activity.
Lesson Goal: Increase students’ understanding of the combustion process.
Objectives:
- Students can explain the steps necessary for fuels to combust.
- Students can explain that gaseous, pyrolyzed molecules (pyrolysates) are the source of the flames from combustion.
Online Link(s):
H06: Pyrolysis - Lesson Plan (197 KB; pdf)
Handout H06-1 (85 KB; pdf)
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Keywords:
- ash
- cellulose
- charcoal
- pyrolysis
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FRAMES Record Number: 24592