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DISCOVER FIRE

WITH GRISU’,

A LITTLE DRAGON

THE PROJECT:

THE EARTH IS OUR

LITTLE GREEN

HOUSE

multilateral project

COMENIUS 2009-2011

Children manual with activities, tests and

experiments

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Introduction:

FIRE IS THE POSITIVE ENERGY OF THE COSMOS.

Fire is heat, fire is light, but it can be dangerous.

A little dragon Grisu’ help you to discover :

ALL ABOUT FIRE,

THE IMPORTANCE OF FIRE IN LIFE

FIRE PREVENTION/SAFETY

With:

activities, tests and experiments

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Hello, my name is

GRISU’. I’m a little dragon, a little

fire-fighter.

Together we will discover

FIRE, a force of nature .

The ancient Greeks and alchemists thought that fire was an element. They also consid-ered earth, air, and water to be elements. The modern definition of FIRE is: fire is a mix-ture of hot gases. The flame is the visible portion of the fire and consists of glowing hot gases. Fire can be a wonder to watch with its dancing flames and pretty colours.

PAINT A COLORED FLAME PICTURES.

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Fire is the Energy of

cosmo.

Fire is in the

hearth of

Earth.

The Earth Spits Fire : the volcano (mountains of fire) pulse and spits fire and lava.

PAINT AND COLOUR.

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Sun is a “Fire-ball”

The sun is very-very important for the life on Earth because, without sun, all the forms of life in Earth will disappear in only a few days.

Make a bright and shiny yellow sun with your handprints : Draw and cut a circle on white

construction paper, Paint the circle with yellow poster paint. You can use any painting tool- a paint brush, roller brush or sponge brush. You can even use your hands! Sprinkle gold glitter while the paint is still wet. Set the circle aside to dry. Paint your palm with yellow paint. Press your painted

hand onto orange construction paper. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 until you make about 5 to 6 yellow hand prints. Let the paint dry for several minutes. Cut around all the hand prints. Tape the hand prints around the back of the painted circle to make the sun's rays. Draw a face on your sun.

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Fire represents many things to

many people and cultures. It is recognized as a purifier, a destroyer and as

the generative power of life, energy and change. It

represents illumination and enlightenment,

destruction and renewal, spirituality and damnation.

Greek mythology, Prometheus added the Higher Soul, which is the Fire that He took from the Wheel of the Sun and brought to humanity.

LISTENING DRAW AND COLORS THE STORY OF PROMETHEUS.

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The discovery of fire changed the lives of the early people.

Prehistoric men has discovered fire, he could warm himself in front of the flames and cook the flesh of animals (previously he had eaten meat raw). Fire bought light into the dark caves.

DRAW AND COLOUR

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Humans have been using fire

for all of our existence.

The use of " fire" is

indispensable for our daily life.

Fire's purposes are multiple, some of which are to add light and heat, to cook plants and animals, to clear forests for planting, to heat-treat stone for making stone tools, to burn clay for ceramic ob-

SEARCH NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE IMAGES OF DAILY USE OF FIRE, CUT AND PASTE THEM.

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Fire produce light and

heat.

Observing a candle and what happens when you light one. Before lighting the candle, note things like color, size, shape, the condition of the wick, and the texture. Use all of your senses except taste .

PASTE A PHOTO OF EXPERIMENT.

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FIRE NEEDS AIR

(OXYGEN)

Light a candle, Place the beaker upside-down over the candle. What happens? Why?

COLOUR

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Some objects burn,

Other don’t burn.

Put on a candle flame some pieces of paper, plastic, wood, and aluminium foil...What happen? Note the color of the flame and of the smoke,

PASTE THE PHOTO OF EXPERIMENT

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Don’t play with fire!!

Fire is dangerous.

Every experiment on these pages must be done with adult supervision only! The adults can only use fire. Lighters and matchers are not toys!!!

COLOUR

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Remember … With

fire NO PANIC

What to do if your clothes catch fire?

OBSERVE THIS PICTURE AND PLAY..

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In case of smoke:

STAY LOW AND GO!

The air is cleare near the floor.

DRAW AND COLOUR

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YOUR SCHOOL HAS A PLANE

ESCAPE, FIRE

EXTINGUISHERS, A FIRE

DRILL

SEARCH , CUT AND PAST SOME PICTURES OF FIRE TRUCKS, FIRE FIGHTERS, AND FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.

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TO GET THINGS STARTED HERE ARE MY

5 RULES OF FIRE SAFETY:

1. MY FRIENDS DON'T PLAY WITH

MATCHES OR LIGHTERS.

2. IF YOU FIND MATCHES AT HOME,

GIVE THEM TO YOUR PARENTS.

3. IF YOU FIND MATCHES ON THE WAY

TO SCHOOL, GIVE THEM TO YOUR

TEACHER.

4. IF YOU SEE YOUNGER CHILDREN

PLAYING WITH MATCHES, TELL AN

ADULT.

IF YOU SEE SMOKE OR FLAMES, CALL

ME AT

COLOUR

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DEAR FRIEND, NOW YOU

KNOW FIRE,

NOW YOU ARE A LITTLE

FIRE-FIGHTER.

CUT AND PASTE YOUR FACE PHOTO, COLOR THE PICTURE.

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REMEMBER:

FIRE IS THE POSITIVE ENERGY OF

THE COSMOS,

THE USE OF " FIRE" IS

INDISPENSABLE FOR

OUR DAILY LIFE (heat,

light, energy) ........

BUT FIRE CAN BE

DANGEROUS.....

DON’T PLAY WITH FIRE