Drama in the microworld – Student Activity
In this activity, students use drama to model science ideas about atoms and molecules, transferring heat and the process of combustion.
Teaching and Learning Approaches
Student activities are the main feature of this collection, along with a variety of resources for teachers to use in exploring Fire.
List of Teaching and Learning Approaches resource items
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Light a candle – Student Activity
In this activity, students take a closer look at a candle flame as an example of a flame that occurs in most natural fires and observe and investigate the flame and the process of burning.
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The great candle experiment – Student Activity
In this activity, students cover a lit candle with an inverted jar in a saucer of water. The flame expires and the water rises up in the jar.
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Putting out the fire – Student Activity
In this activity, students investigate different ways of extinguishing fire and how this is related to their knowledge of the fire triangle and fire chemistry.
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The flying tea bag – Student Activity
In this activity, students observe an empty tea bag that is set alight. The burning causes a column of hot air and gas from combustion to rise above it due to convection. When the bag is light enough, it will be carried up into the convection current.
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Exploding Flour – Student Activity
In this activity, students observe the teacher igniting flour when it is in a basic combustion chamber.
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Fire risk assessment – Student Activity
In this activity, students identify and define fire risks, outdoors and indoors, using a provided image of a rural scene and an indoor scene they draw themselves.
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Fire safety – Student Activity
In this activity, students discuss a number of scenarios involving fire risk, become familiar with the school fire safety plan and create a plan for their own home.
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Fire in Antarctica – Student Activity
In this activity, students read online articles related to fire in Antarctica and discuss why fire is a big hazard there.
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Ethics in fire science – Student Activity
In this activity, students develop critical thinking through ethical discussion of the question: Should chemical fire retardants be added to furniture?
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Alternative conceptions about fire – Teacher Resource
These are some common misunderstandings about fire. They acknowledge that children have made reasonable sense of the ideas based on their experience. Keep them in mind while teaching – and address them as they come up.
