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Provided by: Resource Watch |Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
This interactive map displays near-real-time active fires globally from the past week using satellite data provided by NASA's Fire Information for Research Management System.
The map can be set to display all fires or only large fires, and points are color coded to identify how many days ago the fire was detected.
The map is simple and would be easy for students to navigate on their own.
The data is updated twice daily so the map remains accurate to real-time fire events.
Prerequisites
Students should have some basic geography knowledge in order to make sense of the map.
Differentiation & Implementation
Additional datasets from Resource Watch can be added to the map to view more than one at a time. For example, data for burned areas, fire weather, or other disaster events could be added so it displays simultaneously with the active fire data.
This map could be used in a science class when learning about the connections between wildfires and climate change to demonstrate which areas of the world are impacted most.
This map could be used in a geography class to discuss geographical trends related to climate change.
This youth story about wildfires could be used along with this resource to add a more personal element to the lesson or activity.
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