Topic:  Fire essentials

Concept: What does it take to build a fire?

Skill: Build a fire using minimal supplies, or nature, and starting a fire without matches.

Objective: Students will be able to build a fire by using a variety of methods and materials from the woods.

Lesson activity: Prepare waterproof matches, identify materials found in the wilderness and learn how to make a fire without matches.

 Whole group activity with overheads of various ways to build a fire and materials to be used. Students will conduct an activity in which I lead the students in a discussion about materials that could be used to start a fire in the wilderness and then we will waterproof some matches in class using parafin. The students will be in the classroom viewing a homemade video of the woods. Student's will be looking for materials like tinder, kindling, and fuel that they could use for a fire. Students will also be learning about what types of materials will not be good to start a fire. Students will complete a quiz on materials we discuss that will help to build the fire. This will be graded in class so that I can make sure the students understand the types of materials that will be good to use to start a fire and keep it burning. Students will then complete a worksheet on which they identify materials they could use to start a fire, instead of matches or a lighter.  For instance, they will need to find a flint stone or steel, a bow drill, materials for the hand drill, and learn about optics in which lenses are used. End with a discussion about fire building tactics and features.

Formative Assessment:  How are students doing on the identification of materials worksheet?

Summative Assessment: Have students prepare their own parfin matches.

Grading:  Participation will be noted as in lesson 1.  The material identification worksheet will be turned in to be graded (25 points).

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