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FireWorks Educator Workshops are typically offered each year at the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory to teach educators, community leaders, and agency communicators how to use the FireWorks curricula and trunks of materials. Workshops are two full days, and participants can earn university credit through the University of Montana, or Montana OPI credit.

Participants learn hands-on activities for teaching about wildland fire science:

  • Activities cover combustion, fire spread, fire history, management, and fire effects on plants and animals
  • Supplemented by activities on fire use by Native Americans

Upcoming Webinars and Workshops

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Past Webinars and Workshops

June 13-14, 2023 workshop at the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory: The workshop consisted of two intense days of entertaining hands-on activities for teaching students about wildland fire behavior, ecology, management and activities related to traditional fire use by Native Americans. Content focused on ecosystems in the Northern Rocky Mountains and North Cascade range, but the program has been adapted for use in other ecosystems. The FireWorks program is a valuable resource for teachers (teacher renewal credits or University of Montana credit were available), youth leaders, agency educators and fire prevention specialists, communication specialists, and outdoor educators. For more information, please contact Court Johnson.

May 20-21, 2023 workshop in Mammoth Lakes, CA: The workshop consisted of two intense days of entertaining hands-on activities for teaching students about wildland fire behavior, ecology, and management. Content focused on forests in the Sierra Nevada. The FireWorks program is a valuable resource for teachers, youth leaders, agency educators and fire prevention specialists, communication specialists, and outdoor educators. For more information, please contact Heidi Porras.

October 30, 2018 webinar: Wildland Fire: Teaching K-12 NGSS through one of California's critical phenomenon and issues