Below is a comprehensive list of the online K-12 and youth wildland fire resources of which we are aware. These are listed in alphabetical order with the name of the program, a short description, and a link for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you know of additional resources not included here, please make additions to this list in the comments below, or feel free to contact Jennifer Fawcett.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ember House is a youth activity promoting wildfire ember awareness for young and old alike. Built by University of Nevada Reno, Extension, the Ember House is a scaled-down house front featuring vulnerable spots to embers, such as rain gutters with pine needles, wood shake roof, open window, unscreened vents, juniper bush, and open garbage can. When used at community events, youth participants are given three beanbag \u201cembers\u201d which they toss at the house trying to land them onto the vulnerable spots. For more information, check out the University of Nevada, Reno Extension website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Burner Bob is a bobwhite quail who lives in the longleaf forest with other animal friends such as gopher tortoises and red-cockaded woodpeckers. He is the Smokey Bear of prescribed fire. More information and activities like coloring sheets can be found on the Longleaf Alliance website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Fire prevention and fire safety guide is an educational resource that explains common causes of a fire and how to prevent them. It explores what to do in case a fire breaks out, sharing top tips, a safety checklist, and emphasizes the importance of forming an escape route for children, seniors, and people with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, check out the Choose Energy website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Defensible Space Diorama displays the Home Ignition Zones in relation to a model home surrounded by vegetation. Check out the Wooden Eye Resource Management Hands-On Learning tools<\/a> for more information on how to build your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FireWorks is an educational program about the science of wildland fire, designed for students in grades 1-12. The FireWorks program consists of a curriculum and a trunk of materials, including laboratory equipment, specimens, CDs, books, and kits of specialized materials for teachers. Content focuses on the physical science of fire behavior, human influences on fire, and fire ecology in the northern Rocky Mountains and North Cascades. The curriculum has also been adapted to Colorado ecology (implemented by Colorado Project Learning Tree<\/a>) and ecology of the Missouri River country (from the northern Rocky Mountain Front to the tallgrass prairies).<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, check out the FireWorks Program website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n This program, intended for the high school and junior college audience, focuses on three forest needs \u2013 environmental, economic, and social \u2013 and how professional foresters balance these needs through best management practices and forest stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, check out the Interactive Training Media website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Become a Junior Forest Ranger! The Junior Forest Ranger (JFR)<\/em> program is an exciting way for young people to explore their national forests and grasslands. The JFR program uses Forest Service science and practices to encourage children 7 through 13 to enjoy and appreciate nature. JFR motivates children to explore the natural and cultural world, and embrace their responsibility to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, check out the U.S. Forest Conservation Education website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n NFPA has created programs to reach preschoolers through grade 1 students. The Learn Not to Burn Preschool Program<\/em> is designed to reach young children ages 4-5. While it is called a preschool program, the lessons can be used with kindergarten level students as well. Learn Not to Burn \u2013 Level 1 <\/em>is intended for students in grade one. NFPA plans to expand the Learn Not to Burn Program<\/em> to reach additional grade levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, check out the Sparky School House website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lessons 10, 11, and 25 all contain information regarding fire. For more information, check out the Longleaf Alliance website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n This edition of the Natural Inquirer<\/em> is all about wildland fire. You will learn about the benefits of wildland fire, as well as some of its dangers. You will learn what fire scientists are learning about wildland fire. Wildland fires are interesting, and they are fun to learn about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, check out the National Inquirer website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Want a way to make the articles more interesting and help your students remember the information? Use our fun word search documents (PDF) and other various activities. Blank copies and answer keys are provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To play the games, visit the “Activities”<\/a> section of the National Inquirer website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n This edition of the Natural Inquirer<\/em> focuses on wildland fire. Wildland fire has been defined as any fire occurring in vegetation areas regardless of how it was started. In this edition, you will learn about different types of wildland fires, including uncontrolled wildfires and fires purposely set and controlled by foresters to provide benefits to a natural area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, check out the National Inquirer website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n In one article, you will learn whether the 13 Southern States have held or released more carbon into the atmosphere over the last 100 years. In another article, you will think about what will happen to streams when different species of trees are planted close to them. Another article will help you discover whether scientists are predicting more or fewer wildfires in the South\u2019s future. You will learn how southern rural areas are likely to be affected by the changing climate. Finally, you will discover what scientists are learning about where nonnative plant and animal species are likely to live in the future. As you read these articles, you will discover how climate change is affecting the South\u2019s land, wildlife, air, water, and wildland fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, check out the Natural IQ Volume 1, Edition 1.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n NOVA Online has developed its own version of a fire-growth computer simulation. Its purpose is to show how conditions such as wind speed and direction can affect a fire\u2019s spread and to show how firefighters use firelines and backfires to control a wildland fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, check out the NOVA Fire Simulation webpage.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the program, NOVA accompanies the men and women of a wildland firefighting crew known as the Arrowhead Hotshots as they battle one of the most destructive wildfire seasons ever. The program also includes Resources<\/a> and a Teacher\u2019s Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, check out the NOVA Fire Wars webpage.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n This curriculum from the Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium<\/a> offers ready to teach, science lessons tailored for grades 9-12, which focus on region-specific fire ecology. Educators can download these lessons and materials, and then adjust them to their own classroom and regional needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Developed by educators for educators, each lesson teaches important foundational science principles, with the engaging background of placed-based fire ecology. The main developer of these resources, Bryan Yockers, is a veteran high school science teacher of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, region, and is the founder of the Jenks Fire Ecology Research Station for Teaching<\/a> (JenksFERST) program. These lessons are modeled after the Northern Rocky Mountains & Northern Cascade Curriculum offered by the FireWorks Education Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wildfire prevention is beneficial for everyone, but it is especially important to get young kids introduced to Smokey Bear! Doing this provides an excellent foundation for fire safety and a respect for nature that they can build upon throughout their lives. This kit contains some great materials with fun and educational wildfire prevention messages for kids in kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To access the kit, check out the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (DNR)’s website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Plus, there is a video of the Smokey Bear Song!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n PLT\u2019s award-winning, multi-disciplinary curriculum materials are hands-on and fun, and aligned with state and national education standards. More than half of all PLT activities can be conducted outdoors. Some of the curriculum, such as Forests of the World contain fire resources. For more information, check out the Project Learning Tree website.<\/a> Recommended fire activities include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n PLT\u2019s PreK-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n PLT\u2019s Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n PLT\u2019s Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Get helpful teacher resources! There are several materials that meet national teaching standards. As a teacher, you can introduce a whole new generation of children to Smokey Bear and his message of Wildfire Prevention. There is a variety of material for different age groups. Select the materials that are best suited for your classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, check out the Smokey Bear Educational Resources webpage.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Each of these coloring sheets include a QR code that leads to a page with the original photo and more information about wildland fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Check out the Smokey Generation website <\/a>to access coloring sheets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contains numerous games and activities. For more information, check out the Sparky the Dog webpage.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Includes a video and lesson plan about the use of prescribed fire in Florida. The lesson is correlated to the Florida Standards and may be adapted to suit your particular teaching environment. Information and downloads for the Red Hills region with two lesson plans, along with a set of educational videos, and a 2016 episode of a Local Routes video. Teacher Guide to Georgia Sandhills<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This instructional resource<\/a> is geared towards third- and fourth-grade teachers, although lessons may be modified for other grade levels and non-formal settings. Hands-on activities introduce students to sandhill ecosystems as well as hone decision-making and problem-solving skills. Lessons are adapted from Project WILD curricula and are correlated to Georgia Standards of Excellence for Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this educator toolbox,<\/a> you will find background resources to help you understand forests and grasslands, professional development opportunities and resources, and a collection of great materials and programs organized by grade-level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These lesson plans from Penn State University <\/a>links to three interactive lesson plans on the topic of wildfires. Using educational flyers, videos, and smartboard technology, these lesson plans help students explore wildfire prevention and investigate how controlled burns are used for habitat restoration. The curriculum is designed for 5th through 8th graders and meets Pennsylvania Ecology and Environmental Education Standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Through the lesson plans, students will understand ways to reduce wildfire risk around their home and community. They will also learn how trained professionals use controlled burns to maintain habitat for endangered species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Wildfire Prevention Online Educational Program is part of an initiative to help protect our forest resources through education and information about wildfire, wildfire prevention, and forest management. 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Burner Bob<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Choose Energy Fire Safety for Kids<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Defensible Space Diorama<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
FireWorks Program<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Forest Fever<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Junior Forest Ranger<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Learn Not to Burn\u00ae Program<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Longleaf Alliance Next Generation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Natural Inquirer Wildland Fire Edition 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Natural Inquirer Wildland Fire Edition 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
National Inquirer Climate change Edition<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
NOVA Fire Simulation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
NOVA Fire Wars<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Oak Woodlands Fire-Science Curriculum<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Ohio DNR Fire Prevention teacher resource kit<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Project Learning Tree (PLT)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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In this activity, students will role-play managing a Tree Farm. By using a piece of land as a Tree Farm, they will begin to understand the economic factors that influence management decisions for private forest lands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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Succession is a natural pattern of change that takes place over time in a forest or other ecosystem. In this activity, students will read a story about succession, and investigate the connection between plants, animals, and successional stages in a local ecosystem.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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Students learn about the three elements a fire needs to burn and find out how an understanding of this \u201cfire triangle\u201d can be used to both prevent and manage wildland fires.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n
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Students will learn about the role of fire in forest ecosystems, will examine issues of fire in the wildland-urban interface, and will conduct a wildfire safety assessment in their community.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n
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In this activity, students will develop and apply decision making skills to various environmental risk scenarios including wildland fires, natural hazards, and threats to coral reefs and mangrove swamps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nSmokey Bear Teacher Resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The Smokey Generation Coloring Sheets<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Sparky the Dog Fire Activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
St. John’s River Water Management Management District Lesson Plans<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Check out the St. John’s River Water Management District website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTall Timbers Teacher Education Resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Check out the resources on the Tall Timbers Red Hills Education Resources website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nU.S. Forest Service Educator Toolbox<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Wildfire Lesson Plans<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Wildfire Prevention Online Educational Program<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n