{"id":1489,"date":"2014-05-30T22:22:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T22:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learn.uppersouthplatte.org\/?page_id=1489"},"modified":"2014-05-30T22:31:09","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T22:31:09","slug":"ring-around-the-biomass-activity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uppersouthplatte.org\/learn\/ring-around-the-biomass-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Ring Around the Biomass Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This activity is appropriate for grades 3 through 12, and allows students to explore how wildfire affects plant communities and erosion processes in a Montane ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Objectives:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Students will:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Describe and evaluate the positive and negative effects catastrophic and prescribed or low intensity fires have on plant communities in a Montane ecosystem<\/li>\n<li>Estimate the percent of bare dirt and its effects on erosion and sediment movement\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Compare a non-managed forest with a burned forest<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Time Required:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Full day in the field, 45 to 60 minutes per site, plus transportation to site.<\/p>\n<p>Two or three 45-minute classroom sessions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uppersouthplatte.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ring-around-the-biomass.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Ring Around the Biomass Full Activity<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/uppersouthplatte.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ring-around-the-biomass.pdf\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This activity is appropriate for grades 3 through 12, and allows students to explore how wildfire affects plant communities and erosion processes in a Montane ecosystem. &nbsp; Objectives: Students will: Describe and evaluate the positive and negative effects catastrophic and prescribed or low intensity fires have on plant communities in a Montane ecosystem Estimate the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1489","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uppersouthplatte.org\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uppersouthplatte.org\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uppersouthplatte.org\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uppersouthplatte.org\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uppersouthplatte.org\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/uppersouthplatte.org\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1493,"href":"https:\/\/uppersouthplatte.org\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1489\/revisions\/1493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uppersouthplatte.org\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}