The good news is that we can actually change the way many of these fires come to us! By managing our forests for resiliency, preparing our communities, and adapting to climate change, we can live better with wildfire.
The following media and classroom materials are available for your event, social media platform or in the classroom, free of charge.
For more information, contact Steve Scott at steve@north40productions.com.
Living With Wildfire is a 45-minute documentary film about the increase of severe wildfires throughout Washington State and the action steps you can take to decrease the risk to your home, neighborhood, and community. Living With Wildfire is hosted by renown research ecologist Dr. Paul Hessburg and features Washington Lands Commissioner Hillary Franz, research forester Dr. Mark Finney, Sociologist Dr. Matt Carroll and many others who are helping Washington live better with wildfire.
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The Era of Megafires was a 60-min traveling presentation by renown research ecologist Dr. Paul Hessburg and North Forty Productions. Over the course of several years, the presentation traveled to over 120 communities throughout the Western US and British Columbia. The Era of Megafires is now available in digital form, filmed in front of a live studio audience. In addition to the 60-min version, a 20-min version and over a dozen excerpts are also available for use. Spanish and English CC are also available.
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Kids in the Forest (and shrub steppe) is a collection of forest health and wildfire education videos for 3rd through 12th grade. Included are multiple videos to be used in the classroom, as well as instructor training for various hands on activities, and even a trip to the forest. Each classroom instruction video is available in English and Spanish, and is also accompanied by printable curriculum. Also included is the full Era of Megafires 60-min film for classroom use, with it’s own printable curriculum. All of this material is free to download and use!
VIDEOS FOR CLASSROOM EDUCATION
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PROMO AND FACILITATOR TRAINING VIDEOS
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PRINTABLE CURRICULUM FOR THE CLASSROOM
The Kids in the Forest accompanying curriculum is designed to be used with the above videos. The curriculum can be downloaded at https://spaces.hightail.com/space/gELdCxW0HT and includes the following:
Era of Megafires Classroom Curriculum (to be used with the 60-min Era of Megafires film)
Field Journaling Worksheet (to be used with Field Journals video), English and Spanish
Fire and the Forest Part 1 and 2 Worksheets (to be used with the Fire in the Forest videos), English and Spanish
Go Bag Worksheet (to be used with Go Bag video), English and Spanish
Matchstick Forest Worksheet (to be used with Matchstick Forest video), English and Spanish
For additional Ed Puzzle curriculum, go to the following links:
Field Journaling - https://edpuzzle.com/media/5fcfdbae603318408c5cf268
Fire and the Forest Part 1 - https://edpuzzle.com/media/5fcfdbae603318408c5cf268
Fire and the Forest Part 2 - https://edpuzzle.com/media/5fd924fb012150411656f8c2
Emergency Go Bags - https://edpuzzle.com/media/5fd00d248f4c3740ce098919