FireSmart BC Education Program – Grades 7-9

Below you’ll find the FireSmart BC Education Program lesson guides and lesson plans for Grade 7 through 9. The lesson guides are designed to help educators bring wildfire awareness and preparedness into the classroom in a flexible, accessible way. Each guide offers a modular approach, allowing lessons to be taught as stand-alone activities or as part of a broader learning sequence. They also include suggestions for adapting content to different learning environments, whether in traditional classrooms, outdoor spaces, or through land-based learning connections, so educators can tailor the lessons to best support their students and community context.

Lesson one: How much have wildfires changed?

Theme: Mitigation and prevention

Lesson two: What are the most important effects of prescribed fire on ecosystem health?

Theme: Ecosystem Stewardship

Lesson three: What is the strongest evidence that the current climate crisis is a product of human actions?

Theme: Mitigation and prevention

Lesson four: What important lessons about wildfire prevention and safety could be learned from Indigenous Peoples?

Theme: Ecosystem Stewardship

Lesson five: What are the relationships between colonialism and wildfires?

Theme: Ecosystem Stewardship