Starting a Fire

Grade 445 min

Learning Objective

I can safely build a small fire with adult help.

Lesson Flow

Watch Video

5 min

How to Start a Campfire

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Practice

14 min

7 questions • Short answer

Exit Ticket

5 min

You are building a small fire with an adult. You have tinder, kindling, and fuel wood. Describe the order in which you should use these materials to build the fire. You are building a small fire with an adult using the log cabin method. What shape should the kindling make in the middle of the cabin, right before you light the tinder?

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