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OTHER
RELEVANT CURRICULA
There are several other curriculums
that could help you and your students more fully understand and appreciate the
relationships found in different Alaskan Ecosystems. We have included examples from the Alaska Ecology Cards in several activities, Alaska Wildlife Curriculum Series
on pages 26-30, and the Alaska
Wildlife Notebook Series on pages 30-32. To obtain these and other
curriculums, contact the following sources listed below and on the order forms
provided with The Role of Fire in Alaska.
Alaska
Specific Materials
Alaska Ecology
Cards
These can be purchased for a minimal
fee from Wizard Works, PO Box 1125, Homer, AK
99603, (907) 225-8757 or www.xyz.net/~wizard/.
Alaska
Wildlife Curriculum Series
These can be purchased for a minimal
fee from Wizard Works, PO Box 1125, Homer, AK
99603, (907) 225-8757 or www.xyz.net/~wizard/.
Alaska
Wildlife Notebook Series
Available through the Alaska Department
of Fish and Game. Contact the Project
WILD Coordinator at Project Wild Coordinator, Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game,
Division of Wildlife Conservation, 333 Raspberry Rd., Anchorage, Ak.99518
Phone (907) 267-2168
Fire Wise
Community Action Program for Alaska
This Program was developed by fire
professionals to improve the chances that the students, their families, and
home will survive a wildfire. The video
and educational materials in this program are well suited for use by teachers.
To obtain this unit contact your local
land manager or:
Project Manager
Phone (907) 373- 8800
www.firewise.org
Books
Brooke,
James, 1996. Damage done by wildfires
is up sharply, The New York Times.
Williams,
Ted, 1995. Only You Can Postpone Forest
Fires, Audubon.
Cushman,
John, 1995. U.S. to use fire in
managing its lands, New York Times, 7/8.
Pyne,
Stephen, 1995. World fire: the culture
of fire on earth, New York, Henry Holt.
Yellowstone
Rising Again from Ashes of Devastating Fires, Richard Stone, Science, 5 June
1998 pp. 1527-8.
Sampson, Neil, 2000. Mapping wildfire hazards and risks, Haworth
Press, Inc.
Rodak, Frederick, 1991. Homeowner’s guide to wildfires: in the urban
interface, Wildfire Technologies.
ISBN: 0963049305
Taylor, Murray, 2000. Jumping fire: a
smoke jumper’s memoir of fighting wildfire.
ISBN: 0151005893.
Magnuson Beil, Karen, 1999. Fire in their eyes: wildfires and the people
who fight them, Harcourt Trade.
ISBN 0152010424.
Sipiera, Paul and Diane Sipiera,
1999. Wildfires, Children’s Press. ISBN
0516264451.
Simon, Seymour, 2000. Wildfires, Morrow/Avon. ISBN
0688175309.
Web Pages Ecology and Management
National
Wildland Fire Coordinating Group
This site has the fire information you
may need, or a website that can answer your questions.
Earth Alert
http://www.discovery.com/news/earthalert/earthalert.html
Prepared
by the Discovery Channel. Includes a wildfire report with maps, photos.
Earth
Observatory
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/GlobalFire/.
Sponsored
by National Aeronautic and Space Administration, this site explains and
illustrates current global fire activity and trends.
http://fire.nifc.nps.gov/fire/default.htm
Department
of Interior Fire Ecology educational awareness package. Training and education.
Fire education resource material concerned with fire ecology. Located under
Fire Management.
Fire Ecology
and Management
http://atlas.ksc.nasa.gov/fire/fire.html
Describes
the Kennedy Space Center fire management area, including photos, maps, and
information on vegetation and the use of prescribed burning as a tool. Site
sponsored by the National Aeronautic and Space Administration.
Fire Effects
Information System
http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis
Research
conducted about fire effects on plants and animals. Site maintained by
USDA-Forest Service.
Fire, Weeds
& Riparian Areas
http://www.blm.gov/education/fire_and_weeds.html
Teaches
fire ecology and the role of fire in ecosystems. Site maintained by the Bureau
of Land Management.
Satellite Maps
of Fire
http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/fermi/avhrr/gallery/fire/fire.html
Johns
Hopkins University site which includes interpretation of satellite-gathered
information and on-line movies.
Simulating
Fire Patterns in Heterogeneous Landscapes http://research.esd.ornl.gov/EMBYR/embyr.html
Computer
fire simulator developed after the Yellowstone Fires of 1988.cc
Systems for
Environmental Management
Contains
Farsite Fire Area Simulator and FireLib, a wildfire behavior function library.
Two Sides of
Fire
http://www.forestinfo.org/index.html
Temperate
Forest Foundation. "Two Sides of Fire" explains alternative
viewpoints concerning the wildland fire issue.
Satellite
Observations of Forest Fires http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/avhrr/gallery/fire/best_of.html
Web Pages
Defensible Space and Prescribed Burns
Creating Fire
Safe Zones -
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/PUBS/NATRES/06302.html
Create
areas of defensible space around forested home sites to improve chances of
surviving a wildfire.
How to Conduct
a Prescribed Burn, by Mike Porter http://www.noble.org/ag/Wildlife/prescribedburn/
Web Pages
Curriculum
Bureau of Land Management Environmental
Education - http://www.blm.gov/education/index.html
Agency
site devoted to educational and ecological topics.
Education
World
http://www.education-world.com
Education
search engine for information and lesson plans.
Fire Ecology
http://fire.nifc.nps.gov/fire/default.htm
Department
of the Interior Fire Ecology educational awareness package. Training and
education. Fire education resource material concerned with fire ecology.
Located under Fire Management.
Fire Field
Trip - Teacher's Guide
http://fire.nifc.nps.gov/fire/ecology/docs/trippbn.htm
In
preparation of the fire plan, fire managers study the site to minimize the risk
of fire escaping. Prepared by the
National Park Service.
Fire in My
Backyard - Teacher's Guide Background
http://fire.nifc.nps.gov/fire/ecology/docs/bkyrdint.htm
Background
for a 15-20 minute discussion of the wildland/urban interface with students who
are familiar with fire ecology concepts. Prepared by the National Park Service.
Interagency
Fire Education Initiative
http://fire.nifc.nps.gov/fire/ecology/docs/construct.html
Resource
Management Education Unit, Wildland Fire Ecology Education. Under construction.
Line of Fire:
You're on the Hot Seat
http://www.discovery.com/area/science/wildfires/gamestart.html
Educational
game using fire simulation software. Discovery Channel.
Living with
Fire
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/
An
interactive game for students, teachers and fire professionals. Developed by
the Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA-Forest Service.
Pikes Peak
Wildfire Prevention Partners
http://www.ppwpp.org/
Provides
information on FireBox curriculum. Dedicated to educating Front Range
homeowners about wildfire and defensible space.
Smokey Bear
http://www.smokeybear.com/
Appeals
to ages 6-10. Offers games and puzzles about campfire safety and forest fire
prevention.
Smokey's
Animal Friends: An Adventures in Education program in the Natural Science.
Teacher's Guide http://www.r5.fs.fed.us/fire/prevention_programs/chp2/main.html
Teacher's
Guide sponsored by the USDA-Forest Service and Knott's Berry Farm for grades
one through six.
Sparky's Home
Page
http://www.sparky.org
Includes
Sparky's story, a fire truck section. Site sponsored by National Fire
Protection Association.
The Fire House
http://www.preventor.com/
On-line
store for purchasing wildland fire education materials.
Washington
Department of Natural Resources Recreation and Education -
http://www.wa.gov/dnr/htdocs/rp/prevention/k3.htm
State
of Washington Department of Natural Resources fire prevention curriculum
prepared for grades K-3.
Wildland Fire
Prevention and Education Materials http://www.nifc.gov/preved/edmtls.html
Federal
wildland fire prevention and education materials available by mail order.
Wildfire: Feel
the Heat Curriculum - http://pictures.discovery.com/dppages/wildfire/teacher/teacher.html
Discovery
Channel. Prepared in conjunction with the release of the IMAX film,
"Wildfire: Feel the Heat."
Designed to familiarize students with the properties of fire.
Woods on Fire
http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/018forest_fire/index.html
Fire
web site for children created by National Institute for Science Education and
the National Science Foundation.
FEMA Parent /
Teacher Lounge
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/l.htm
Includes
Lesson Plans, discussion points, resources, and is geared for Pre-K through
grade 3. The quiz is one of the stops on the Wildfires Field Trip.
FIRE ECOLOGY:
Unit Lessons (Teacher's Guide) http://fire.nifc.nps.gov/fire/ecology/docs/toc.html
Fire
Prevention Goals K_12+
http://www.wa.gov/dnr/htdocs/rp/prevention/k3_11.htm
Teacher's
Lesson Guide for Fire in My Backyard
http://fire.nifc.nps.gov/fire/ecology/docs/bkyrdint.htm
Wildland Fire
Prevention/Education Teams
http://www.nifc.gov/preved/teams.html
Especially For
Teachers: Fire Facts http://pictures.discovery.com/dppages/wildfire/teacher/
teacher.html
Workshops
Project
Learning Tree (PLT)
After attending a PLT workshop, you
will receive the PLT Activity Guide that has many forest activities that have been used by thousands of teachers.
These activities have been revised based on the comments from these teachers.
To sign up for these classes contact:
State of Alaska, Dept of Natural
Resources Forestry- Central Office
3601 C Street, Suite # 1034, Anchorage,
Ak.99503
Phone (907) 269-8481
Project Wild
After attending a Project Wild
workshop, you will receive the Project Wild K-12 Activity Guide and Aquatic
Education Activity Guide that has many environmental education activities that
have been used by thousands of teachers. These activities have been revised,
and reprinted in new additions, based on the comments from these teachers.
To sign up for these classes contact:
Project Wild Coordinator, Alaska Dept.
of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation, 333 Raspberry Rd.,
Anchorage, Ak.99518
Phone (907) 267-2168
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