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Monthly Theme
Fire Safety
 October is fire safety month.
Each year more than 100,000 people in the United States experience a major household fire.
An estimated 2,800 children age 14 or younger are injured and 850 killed in residential fires. Of these children, over 40 percent are under the age five and 70 percent are under the age of 10.
Learn way to make your home safer and help children understand the dangers of fire and things they can do to protect themselves from fire.
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Forest Fires
Forest fires occur all around the world. They are part of a natural lifecycle for many plant species. However, more than half of the wild fires occurring are man-made. These fires are destructive and ruin wildlife habitats, human homes, and create environmental pollution. These fires can be prevented. Try out this next experiment to get a better understanding of environmental factors that effect forest fires.
Fire also needs three elements to continue burning heat, air, and fuel.
Using several large containers or buckets create diverse environments.
For example, fill one container with mostly dry dirt and several dried plants or grass to simulate a plain. Fill another with mud and green plants to simulate a swampy area. Create another to simulate a wooded area with soil, sticks, and leaves. Create several of these containers to match the landscapes and environments that are in your surrounding area.
Next explore the buckets. Which would be most likely to have heat, air, and fuel for a fire? How does weather affect this? Which would be most likely to spread? Where would be the best place to create a campfire or barbeque?
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