Wildfires Learning Lab Lessons
Provided by: The Climate Initiative|Published on: May 24, 2024|Last updated: September 26, 2026
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Type: Lesson Plans
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: The Climate Initiative
Location: Earth, North America, North America > United States, North America > United States > Maine
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Synopsis
- These lessons examine the various causes of wildfires, the many effects of wildfires, the connection between climate change and wildfires, how to analyze the wildfire risk of a local community, and strategies for talking to fellow citizens about climate change.
- Students will engage with online activities from the student lab resource, gather information, analyze data, write their own case study, and complete a project that allows students to participate in climate activism.
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Positives
- Lesson 5 examines the different ways that Americans think about climate change.
- Lesson 1 touches on the science of wildfires.
Additional Prerequisites
- Lesson 4 utilizes ArcGIS, and educators can go to ArcGIS Learn if they want an ArcGIS account.
- There is a Table of Contents that will aid your navigation of this resource.
Differentiation
- Students can use the Yale Climate Opinion Map in lesson 5 for a research project on which American regions are more likely to accept the science of climate change, and why these regional differences exist.
- Lesson 1 can fit within a larger unit on the economic impacts of climate change.
- Lesson 5 can supplement a classroom discussion on why many Americans don't care and/or don't know about climate change.
- Lesson 5 can enhance a classroom activity where students compare American opinions on climate change to other countries around the world.
This resource from The Climate Initiative is an extremely robust package of lesson plans covering the effects of climate change as it relates to wildfires. The material provided will give students the ability to critically think about the effects of climate change on the environment around them. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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