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PLT Canada Nature of Fire Webinar series

October 3–17, 2023, 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. PT / 6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. ET

This series will walk you through the use and implementation of our Nature of Fire Activity Collection.

Nature of FireProject Learning Tree Canada’s themed Activity Collections organize activities around a theme or topic. Nature of Fire features three PLT Canada activities for educators of students in grades 6–8. Use it to invite students to investigate wildland fire and ecosystem change. Designed to be flexible, the activities can be used as individual, stand-alone lessons, or all together as a cohesive unit of instruction using a storyline technique.

All registrants will receive an access code following the final webinar to get our Nature of Fire Activity Collection for free!

The Nature of Fire webinar series is brought to you by the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation Fund.

Nothing Succeeds Like Succession

October 3, 2023, 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. PT / 6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. ET

The first webinar walked participants through Nature of Fire‘s “Nothing Succeeds Like Succession” activity, where students read a story about succession and investigate the connections among plants, animals, and successional stages in a local ecosystem.

Learning outcomes

  • Explore basic relationships between species diversity and ecosystem changes such as fire.
  • Identify successional stages in ecosystems based on the plant and animal species that are present.

Living with Fire

October 10, 2023, 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. PT / 6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. ET

The second webinar explored Nature of Fire‘s “Living with Fire” activity, where students learn about the three elements that a fire needs to burn and find out how this “fire triangle” can be used to prevent and manage wildland fires.

Learning Outcomes

  • Be able to describe the three elements of the fire triangle and explain how eliminating one (or more) can help prevent or control a fire.
  • Learn ways to reduce the fire risk to homes in the wildland–urban interface.

Burning Issues

October 17, 2023, 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. PT / 6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. ET

The final webinar shared more about Nature of Fire‘s “Burning Issues” activity, where students graph changes in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) over the course of several decades to explore the relationship among CO2, the Earth’s climate, and wildfires, and suggest ways to reduce negative effects of fire.

Learning Outcomes

  • Learn how an increase in temperature is related to wildland fires.
  • Explore ways to reduce the effects of elevated CO2 in the atmosphere.

Speaker

Headshot of James Thordarson

James Thordarson, Coordinator of Forest Education, Project Learning Tree Canada

James Thordarson is the Coordinator of Forest Education at Project Learning Tree Canada. James has a Master of Science in Forestry from Lakehead University as well as an official designation as Registered Professional Forester in the province of Ontario. James works closely with educators and those in the forest and environment sector to create virtual and in person resources to teach students more about the forest.

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