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Understanding California Wildfires: Causes and Solutions

Students investigate why California wildfires are becoming more frequent and destructive through fire ecology, data analysis, case studies, and climate connections.

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Students investigate why California wildfires are becoming more frequent and destructive through fire ecology, data analysis, case studies, and climate connections. The resource explores Indigenous cultural burning, prescribed fire, ecosystem succession, and the wildland-urban interface.

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  • Students will explain how fire functions in California ecosystems.
  • Students will compare historical and current wildfire patterns using data.
  • Students will analyze how human development and climate change increase wildfire risks.
  • Students will evaluate cultural burning and prescribed fire as possible solutions.