Title Page and Table of Content (pdf)

Background
Background (pdf)

Tundra and Forest Fire Triangle (5-12)
By playing a card game,
students create fire triangles and identify fuel types (pdf)
complete booklet (pdf)

Material Handouts
Tundra or Forest Fire Component Cards (1 set per 4 students; pdf)
Tundra Fire Fact Sheet (1 per student; pdf)
Forest Fire Fact Sheet (1 per student; pdf)

How Hot Is It? (8-12)
Students participate in a card game simulating fire intensity and fire lines (pdf)
complete booklet (pdf)

Material Handouts
Tundra or Forest Fire Component Cards (pdf)
Tundra Fire Fact Sheet (pdf)
Forest Fire Fact Sheet (pdf)

Tundra and Boreal Forest Fire Hunt (4-12)
Students investigate real and hypothetical burn sites (pdf)
complete booklet

Material Handouts
Field Notebook - Tundra Burn Site (pdf)
Field Notebook - Boreal Forest Burn Site (pdf)

Fire Effects on Forest and Tundra Wildlife (3-6)
Students will depict an ecosystem by creating a mural (pdf)
complete booklet (1.9mb; pdf)

Material Handouts
Alaska Ecology Cards (1.5mb; pdf)
Effects of Fire on Wildlife Population (pdf)

Looking at Fire in the Ecosystem (2-8)
In this writing activity, students consider the effects of fire through the eyes of people, plants, and animals (pdf)
complete booklet (1.8mb; pdf)

Material Handouts
Alaska Ecology Cards (pdf)
Effects of Fire on Wildlife Population (pdf)

Wildland Fire Misconceptions, True or False (3-12)
Students try to determine if statements about wildland fires are true or false
(pdf)
complete booklet (pdf)

Material Handouts
True or False, Forest Fire Misconceptions Student Worksheet (pdf)
True or False, Forest Fire Misconceptions Answer Sheet (pdf)

Good or Bad Effect of Fire in the Tundra or Forest - Who's to Say?
(8-12)
Students individually evaluate some effects of wildland fires and compare them to group evaluations. Students also discuss how different view and opinions are generated (pdf)
complete booklet (pdf)

Material Handouts
Game Cards - Effects of Fire on the Tundra (pdf)
Game Cards -Effects of Fire on the Boreal Forest (pdf)

Boreal Forest and Tundra Crossword Puzzle (6-12)
Students complete a crossword puzzle to reinforce vocabulary used in Unit I and Unit II (pdf)
complete booklet (pdf)

Material Handouts
Puzzle #1 (easy; pdf)
Puzzle #2 (moderate; pdf)
Puzzle #3 (difficult; pdf)
Effects of Fire on Wildlife Populations (pdf)

Last updated: August 27, 2008