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Lesson Overview: From a lab demonstration or video, students learn how smoke disperses (or doesn’t), depending on atmospheric conditions. They learn how smoke affects visibility and human health, especially if it sticks around for days or weeks instead of dispersing into the…
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Year: 2018
Type: Course
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): Northern Rockies, Northwest
Keywords: smoke dispersion, human health, visibility
Lesson Overview: In this activity, students learn about 3 concepts: the nature of smoke from wildland fires (through a technical reading), the ways in which smoke disperses into the atmosphere (through a demonstration and presentations), and some of the ways in which people can…
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Year: 2018
Type: Course
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): Northern Rockies, Northwest
Keywords: PM2.5, PM - particulate matter, health impacts, smoke dispersion
Lesson Overview: In this activity, students learn that smoke from wildland fires can either disperse readily or stick around, reducing visibility on the earth’s surface and making it difficult to breathe. Then they apply health guidelines regarding smoke to a very important…
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Year: 2017
Type: Course
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Northern Rockies, Northwest
Keywords: PM - particulate matter, visibility, air quality, human health
A 60 to 90 minute short course covering the basics of smoke impacts, regulations, smoke management, and communication.
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Type: Course
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, land management, smoke impacts, smoke management