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WILDFIRE CONTROL   No video available
This class makes students aware of things they can do in their community to prevent wildfires. Calling 911, "stop, drop and roll", the "Fire Triangle" and tools and methods used in fighting wildfires will be taught and demonstrated.
Duration: 30 minutes
Suggested Grade Level: 1-2
Pre-visit suggestions: Students should understand the three elements that combine to produce fire: fuel, oxygen and heat.
Related Project Learning Tree Activities: Living with Fire; Forest for the Trees; Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
       
NC Department of Public Instruction teaching objectives addressed by this class:
Grade
Science Objectives    Social Studies Objectives
1
(1.01) (1.02) (1.04)   (2.01) (2.02) (2.03) (2.05) (5.05) (6.04) (6.05)
2
(2.01) (2.03) (3.01) (3.02) (3.03)   (1.01) (1.02) (1.03) (1.04) (2.01) (2.03) (2.04) (2.05) (6.01)

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