Fire Clouds

• This podcast discusses the features of pyrocumulus clouds, when these clouds form, how they're different from other wildfire-caused storm clouds, and how they affect air quality.
  
• Students will learn about fire-related weather events, how these fire clouds affect human health, and how pyrocumulonimbus clouds can cause severe weather and firenados.

Positives

• It is a brief podcast that does a good job of defining weather-related terms. 
• This podcast discusses Oregon's Bootleg Fire from 2021 but the content applies to all fire-related clouds.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should know how global warming may affect the frequency of droughts and wildfires.
  
• Students should understand the importance of air quality for human health.
  

Differentiation

• This podcast could augment a lesson on how natural disasters impact ecosystems.
• This podcast could supplement a lesson on how pyrocumulus clouds impact the environment and human health.
• After listening to the podcast, the teacher could lead a classroom discussion on how global warming and climate change is leading to more wildfires.
• This podcast could add to a classroom discussion about how governments can employ dry forest restoration in order to minimize the damage of wildfires.