Activity
Putting out the fire
In this activity, students investigate different ways of extinguishing fire and how this is related to their knowledge of the fire triangle and fire chemistry.
By the end of this activity, students should be able to:
understand the 3 aspects of the fire triangle – heat, oxygen and fuel
understand that one of the items of the triangle needs to be removed to extinguish a fire.
understand that extinguishing a fire also occurs by adding gases or chemicals that will interfere with the combustion process.
Putting out the fire experiment
Teacher demonstrating some of the stages in the 'putting out the fire' experiment.
Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato
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introduction/background notes
what you need
what to do
discussion questions.
Published:18 November 2009