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.