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Resilient Australia - How can we better predict fires?
Lesson13 of 18 in this unit
PrimaryYear 6Humanities and Social SciencesGeographyEnvironmentalDisaster resilienceSustainabilityEconomicDesign ThinkingIndustry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Lesson Summary
Students explore what elements need to be present in the environment in order for a fire to start and keep burning: oxygen, fuel, and heat. They use these elements in combination with maps of Australia as a way of predicting where bushfires are likely to occur. They think creatively to design ways to predict and detect bushfires.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand ways of predicting where and when a fire is about to start in the bush.
Success criteria
Students can:
- describe the three key 'ingredients' of a fire
- use these elements in combination with maps of Australia as a way of predicting where bushfires are likely to occur
- design ways we can use technology to predict and detect these fires in the bush.
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