Course

Title

FireWorks for the Northern Rocky Mountains and Northern Cascades - H08B: Fire Environment Triangle and Fire Spread: The Landscape Matchstick Model (Option B)
Course Type: FireWorks activities
Availability: Public access
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
Date Created: July 26, 2018
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Keyword(s):
  • topography
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Record Maintained By:
FRAMES Staff; https://www.frames.gov/contact
Record Last Modified: February 17, 2020
FRAMES Record Number: 56261

Description

Lesson Overview: In this activity, students design a model landscape to investigate the relationships among fuels, topography, weather, and fire spread.

Lesson Goal: Increase students’ understanding of how fuels, weather, and topography affect fire behavior in wildlands.

Objectives:

  • Students can design a model of a landscape to investigate the relationships among fuels, topography, weather, and fire spread.
  • Students can write a newspaper article describing how the components of the Fire Environment Triangle influenced fire spread.
Online Link(s):
H08B: Landscape Matchstick Model - Lesson Plan (435 KB; pdf)
Handout H08B-1 (69 KB; pdf)
Handout H08B-2 (167 KB; pdf)
Handout H08B-3 (79 KB; pdf)