Starter- what geographical questions could we ask? 

Discussion questions:
  1. Essential question:  Why are wildfires such a significant problem?
  2. What are a few key events that usually take place when a wildfire breaks out close to where people live?
  3. Before the government in ancient Rome created public fire departments, wealthy patricians had their own private fire crews. (They would lend these crews to the public at a price, negotiating with the property owner as his home continued to burn.) Were you surprised to hear that there are private fire crews for hire in California?
  4. Media literacy question: Given the wildfires location to many news outlets in Los Angeles, media coverage has been significant. Climate scientists report that such attention, despite the difficult circumstances, is a positive thing. Why do you think this is the case?
What are Wildfires and why do they occur?

what are Wildfires?  - knowledge forage

WATCH THE FOLLOWING 3 VIDEOS - answer the following questions in your own words.
What are wildfires?
How do they start?
​What effects can they have?
Can wildfires be a good thing?
How do we put them out?
wildfires_and_their_causes.pptx
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What Fires are threatening the USA today?

Go to the following web page - ​https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/

The website documents all active fires in the USA and provides an incident report for each fire.
Find an active fire and produce a one page summary of what is happening.
Try to include the following;
  • The incident type
  • The size
  • The % contained
  • The date
  • The cause
  • Actions taken to combat the fire
  • Outlook
WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF WILDFIRES?
CASE STUDY 1: CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES 2020

Task:  Create a 1 page overview of the disaster with annotated images and maps

Success criteria:
•Where is the location?
•Why are they happening?
•What are the effects?
•Who is impacted?
•Can they be managed?
HOW CAN WE MANAGE THE RISK OF WILDFIRES?

How can the fires be managed- a DME

reducing_the_damage_of_wildfires.pptx
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wildfire_dme.pptx
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national_park_map_and_dme.pdf
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WILDFIRES: EVALUATION

Possible Resources

direct_vs_indirect_attack_cards.doc.docx
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