Fire Ecology Institute for Educators
Since 2001, CSFS has held a Fire Ecology Institute
(FEI) each summer in various regions of the state.
This weeklong intensive training institute for
teachers and natural resource education professionals
has become a model for other states. For more
information, contact Shawna Crocker at scrocker@lamar.colostate.edu.
The Fire Ecology
Institute for Educators is a week-long intensive
exploration of fire and forest ecology guaranteed
to spark your interest in Colorado’s
hot topics and burning issues of fire science,
fire mitigation, fire suppression, fire
ecology and forest restoration. 4th through
12th grade educators take away a fire cache
full of smoldering ideas, hands-on experiences,
strategies, tools and materials for brining
the fire story back to their schools and
communities.
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Natural resource
scientists, educators, and firefighters provide
exciting, practical, important information
about the interrelationships effecting forest
health: insects, drought, and wildfire. Activities
and content are correlated to state education
standards, are current and relevant. |
WHAT PARTICIPANTS ARE SAYING…
"A fire has been started! Yes, it’s
true. As a result of this Fire Ecology Institute,
a new fire has begun…it may be just a few
scattered embers right now, but these will slowly
spread until a blowup occurs in mid-August when
a new school year begins. The embers are smoldering
right now as I go through all the wonderful materials
and plan how to fit quite a bit of fire ecology
into the curriculum I teach to my fourth grade
students. This week has been a fabulous experience
for me for several reasons. The setting, instructors,
and my fellow students have been the best! (That
always enhances the experience!) I love learning,
especially when I it fits so well with my fourth
grade curriculum. On top of this, it has been
interesting and is knowledge I can use and share
with friends and family.
Learning how to integrate fire into lessons occurred
both from experiencing integrated lessons in our
class and from hearing ideas shared in class;
I now have a jumpstart that will help me use this
info as I teach. Another enormous help has been
the opportunity to become familiar with many resources
such as FireWorks, videos, CDs, PLT activities,
websites, Fire Boxes, books, community, state,
and federal resources, and of course, the network
of students and staff here at the institute. Wow!
That’s so great! I hope this institute can
continue each year; I have already recommended
it to several teachers.”
4th grade teacher,
Grand Junction
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