HEART Force Curriculum Overview
The HEART Force curriculum builds understanding of wildfire, flood, or drought in the context of place-based community resilience.
Context for Use
This unit consists of several lessons and can take anywhere from 1 to 6 weeks to teach, depending on which lesson teacher choose to incorporate.
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Upcoming Events
Using Scenario-Based Role Play Games in the Classroom: Introducing the Hourglass Lake Fire Challenge
-Emergency managers and fire departments often use scenarios, or “table-top” exercises to plan out evacuation and emergency response plans. While students are used to participating in fire drills, they may never understand the systems in place to protect and respond to fires.
Read MoreUsing Place-Based Teaching for Impact: The HEART Force Wildfire Unit
- Professional Learning WorkshopJoin us for a free HEART Force workshop designed to help you bring real-world relevance into your classroom. Learn how to engage students through:
Read MorePracticing Decision Making in the Science Classroom: Introducing the Avista Fire Resilience Challenge
- Professional Learning WorkshopThe Avista Fire Resilience Challenge is a scenario based role play game that helps students explore strategies for preparing for and recovering from wildfire.The game incorporates trauma-informed practices and real-world challenges such as housing insecurity, mental he
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What Students Will Do
Students will understand the science behind the risks and vulnerability their community has to natural hazards (wildfire, flood or drought), and be empowered to take action to increase their community's resilience to these hazards.
Materials
User note: To make an editable copy of the teaching materials in Google Drive, select File > “Make a copy”. This will make a copy for you to save to your own drive and edit as you see fit.
Description
The Google Drive folder linked above in Materials contains all lesson materials for HEART Force curriculum.
