FireWorks Sierra Nevada Trunks of Materials
Items needed for complete trunks for the Sierra Nevada Curricula. Not all items or quantities are needed for each level (elementary, middle, high).
FireWorks Trunk Items for Sierra Nevada | Quantity | Notes | |
Posters | |||
Fire Triangle Poster | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website | |
Fire Environment Poster | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website | |
FireWorks Safety Poster | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website | |
Tree Increment Cores Data from a Soda Straw Poster | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website | |
Life Size Fire Scar Poster | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website | |
Story Time Characters Key Poster | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website | |
Set of Tree Cookie Posters | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website | |
Set of Increment Core Posters | 1 | Can download/print from flash drive/website | |
Other Items | |||
spray Bottle | 4 | Purchase | |
ruler | 12 | Purchase | |
metal tray (i.e., cookie sheet) | 4 | Purchase | |
ashtray | 4 | Purchase | |
votive candles | 12 | Purchase | |
safety goggles | 4 | Purchase | |
oven mitt | 4 | Purchase | |
support stand (if you don't intend to do tinker trees, you can buy a chemistry support stand, if you are going to do tinker trees, you will need to buy square posts to punch holes through and a base for the posts to screw into) |
4 | Purchase/Make | |
metal rod with alligator clips at each end | 4 | Purchase | |
clamp | 4 | Purchase | |
segments of wire rod (for tinker trees) | ~50 | Purchase and cut | |
empty round coffee can, paint can, or round oatmeal box (for insulation activity) | 1 | Purchase | |
insulation materials (1 thin, 1 w/ 5 layers batting, 1 w/ 10 layers batting) | 1 | Purchase/Make | |
small whisk broom | 1 | Purchase | |
~3" diameter rings | 2 | Purchase | |
fence-post caps | 2 | Purchase | |
1-qt freezer container | 8 | Purchase | |
Digital thermometer with thermocouple wire | 1 | Purchase | |
measuring tape | 1 | Purchase | |
hair dryer | 1 | Purchase | |
9” diameter aluminum pie tin with tilted edges | 4 | Purchase | |
hand lenses | 2 | Purchase | |
Buried Treasures Box (10 plant specimens) | 1 | Collect locally | |
Local scarred tree cookie | 1 | Collect locally | |
One knobcone pine cone | 1 | Collect locally | |
Cookie book for tree cookie posters* | 1 | Can download from flash drive/website | |
The Storrie Fire Story* | 1 | Can download from flash drive/website | |
FireWorks Encyclopedia (younger grades)* | 1 | Can download from flash drive/website | |
FireWorks Encyclopedia (older grades)* | 1 | Can download from flash drive/website | |
Matchstick forest kit, includes: | |||
Masonite Boards | 4 | Make | |
Nuts | 4 | Purchase | |
small bolts | 4 | Purchase | |
medium bolts | 4 | Purchase | |
long bolts | 4 | Purchase | |
small nail | 4 | Purchase | |
Campfire challenge fuels, includes: | |||
dead conifer needles | bunch | Collect locally | |
small twigs (about 0.5 centimeter in diameter or less) | bunch | Collect locally | |
large sticks (about 3 centimeters in diameter) | bunch | Collect locally | |
green conifer needles | bunch | Collect locally just before doing campfire challenge | |
Duff (use peat moss) | bunch | Purchase | |
Mystery trees box, includes: | |||
Tree bark/trunk specimen | 12 species | Collect locally | |
Cone/flower specimen | 12 species | Collect locally | |
Pressed foliage specimen | 12 species | Collect locally | |
Tree Photo Packet (for middle school)* | 12 species | Can download from flash drive/website | |
Tree Photo Packet (for high school)* | 12 species | Can download from flash drive/website |
*We recommend storing these documents in sheet protectors within a binder so they can be reused.