Introduction
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about Fire, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.
The Internet Resources
A Better Fire: Interactive - Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Forest density, wind direction, size of forest.
Directable Fire--Interactive - Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Probability that a tree will set fire to each of its eight neighbors.
Fire: Interactive - Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Probability that a tree catches fire if its neighbor is on fire