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Grade Level Grades 6-8
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In this lesson, students make personal connections to fire, understand how climate change is making wildfires worse in Oregon and across the globe, and create a wildfire solution presentation to promote a prevention or preparation strategy.

Step 1 - Inquire: Students brainstorm their relationship with fire, review data on wildfires in Oregon, and reflect on why wildfires are increasing in frequency in Oregon.

Step 2 - Investigate: Students watch two videos and make connections between climate change and wildfires.

Step 3 - Inspire: Students learn about climate refugees, research prevention and preparation strategies, and create a presentation to promote one of these strategies.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

  • Create and interpret a timeline or histogram from historical data.
  • Create a learning poster using evidence and data.
  • Work collaboratively with peers and effectively listen to others.
  • Draw conclusions from data and evidence.

This lesson is aligned to Oregon standards.

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Wildfire Project Ideas _ Lesson Plan _ Worksheets _ Gr. 6-8.pdf

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September 6, 2023
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Standards

Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text.
Analyze what the text says explicitly as well as inferentially; cite several pieces of textual evidence to support primary and secondary source analysis.
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.

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