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Teaching Extreme Wildfires Can Create Fire Tornadoes—Here's How

Extreme Wildfires Can Create Fire Tornadoes—Here's How

It might sound like a bad movie, but extreme wildfires can create fire tornadoes. What conditions make this possible? Students will engage with cause-and-effect ideas as they explore the science behind fire tornadoes.

Charles Jones, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of California Santa Barbara, and Leila Carvalho, Professor of Meteorology and Climatology, University of California Santa Barbara
The Conversation

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How can extreme wildfires create fire tornadoes?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

1,2,3
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