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  • National Museum of Australia (Canberra, Australia)

  • Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria, Australia)
    • Students and teachers – this site contains links to information on curriculum and resources for school teachers and students about bushfires in Victoria.

  • Uniserve Science (The University of Sydney, Australia)
    • The science of bushfires – students are provided with the opportunity to investigate the roles scientists play in understanding bushfire behaviour and the effect on the Australian landscape.

  • Learning, teaching and assessment guide (Department of Education Tasmania, Australia)
    • Bushfire! – students explore the properties of fire and heat transfer.

  • Fire ecology and management in Northern Australia (Australia)

  • NSW Rural Fire Service (New South Wales Government, Australia)
    • FireScience workbook 1 – contains activities related to a number of scientific concepts of fire behaviour and management.
    • FireScience workbook 2 – contains activities related to motion, communication, energy and heat, electricity, weather and environment.

  • Department of Environment and Conservation (Government of Western Australia)
    • Fire: A force of life – students are provided with the opportunity to explore and debate the issue of fire management and fire behaviour in Western Australia.

  • Discovery Education (USA)
    • Forest fires – students will learn about the problems and benefits associated with forest fires.
    • Water: Friend and foe – students participate in discussions on fire prevention and create a fire-safety poster.

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Posted January 2008.

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