About This Document
The BC Curriculum Connections: FireSmart BC Education Program Lessons resource is designed to help educators seamlessly integrate wildfire prevention, safety, and environmental stewardship into their classrooms. It aligns the FireSmart BC Education Program with British Columbia’s provincial curriculum, ensuring that every lesson not only teaches fire safety and resilience but also supports the development of key competencies and knowledge areas required for student learning.
Purpose and Value
This guide maps FireSmart lesson content directly to the BC Curriculum’s Big Ideas, Content Standards, and Curricular Competencies for grades K–12. By doing so, it empowers teachers to:
- Deliver relevant, real-world learning experiences that address local and global challenges such as climate change and wildfire management.
- Foster critical thinking, problem-solving, and community engagement through inquiry-based and hands-on activities.
- Integrate Indigenous knowledge and perspectives, supporting reconciliation and holistic understanding of environmental stewardship.
How to Use It
Educators can use this document to:
- Select appropriate lessons for their grade level.
- Identify curriculum links that show how FireSmart activities support required learning outcomes.
- Incorporate cross-curricular opportunities in science, social studies, language arts, and career education.
Whether teaching primary students about the basics of fire safety or guiding high school learners through complex discussions on climate change, this resource ensures FireSmart education is rooted in curriculum priorities, making it both impactful and easy to adopt in the classroom.