Powerpoint lectures:  only a summary of the lecture is presented--you need to come to class to get all of the material

Week 1:  Concept Mapping--Why Study Global Fire?

                Fire and Earth

Week 2:  Native Americans and Fire               

Week 3:  History of American Perception on Fire-~1880-present

Week 4:  Fire Science

Week 5:  Adaptations of Plants/Animals to Fire 

Week 6:  Different Forests, Different Fires

Week 7: Different Forests, Different Fires (Same as above)

Week 8:  Guest Speaker-Ros Wu

Dendrochronology

Week 9:  SPRING BREAK               

Week 10:  Fuels Management

Week 11:  Climate Change

Week 12:   Boreal Forest and Fire

                  Amazon Rainforest and Fire

Week 13:  Global Fire Initiative

Week 14-15: CLASS PRESENTATIONS