Bushfires spark extensive search for answers
Activities
National Museum of Australia (Canberra, Australia)
Fire in Australia: Investigating a natural hazard – students investigate the impact of bushfires on people’s lives and the natural environment.
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.
Fire ecology and management in Northern Australia (Australia)
Fire fundamentals activities – provides a number of activities on the properties of fires.
Fire ecology activities – includes a selection of activities on the effects of fires on plants and animals.
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.
Posted January 2008.