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Fire Management (page title)
WHY WE MANAGE
WILDLAND FIRES
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Grade Level: K-12
Alaska State Content Standards: SA15
Subject: Science
Skills: Observation
Duration: 1 class period
Group Size: individual
Setting: outdoors
Vocabulary: terminal bud, lateral bud deciduous trees, hedging, flagging, fungus.

OBJECTIVE
Students list the reasons why wildland fires are managed in Alaska.

TEACHING STRATEGY
Students research why wildland fires are managed in Alaska.

MATERIALS
Internet and/or library access

TEACHER BACKGROUND
Refer to the background

PROCEDURE

  1. Ask the students what would happen in Alaska if the wildland fires were not managed? Brainstorm and list their ideas.
  2. Either individually or in pairs, have students research the history of wildfires in Alaska and why the state now manages these fires. Also have them research why the state organized the Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group and the Alaska Interagency Wildland Fire Management Plan.
  3. Students complete their assignment with a written report.
  4. Share reports and discuss.

EVALUATION
Use step #3 in the Procedure section as an assessment.

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