Just to the west of our NSDL offices in Boulder, Colorado, a devastating wild fire is raging, and no doubt, raising questions for local students about how wild fires spread, the technologies and techniques the firefighters are using, and the future impacts of the fire on the people, land, and wildlife. Here is a sample of NSDL resources that teachers can use to help students understand this complex issue. Looking for maps? In our NASA SVS collection from DLESE, you will find California Fires with Fire Pixels, a visualization of Southern California Fires, Time Series of the Biscuit Fire, a time series of the 2002 fire that burned 500,000 acres of forest in Oregon and Northern California, and A Pop-up of the Arizona Fires, among many more. AMSER makes available the Satellite Observations of Forest Fires, a series of maps of some of the major wildfires that were burning across 264,794 acres in six Western states–Oregon, California, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado and many other related resources. Looking for a database? Our AMSER partners also provide the E.V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database a continuously updated searchable Fire Ecology Database that covers a broad range of fire-related information. Looking for Fire Science? A module from our COMET collection titled Introduction to Fire Behavior: Influences of Topography, Fuels, and Weather on Fire Ignition and Spread provides 3-dimensional graphics, animations, audio descriptions and commentary provided by a fire behavior expert about factors that affect the ignition and spread of wildfires (this resource requires account setup, but well worth it and is also available in Spanish). Looking for Fire Ecology, fire prevention, and interdisciplinary resources? The Fire Ecology site from our partners at the Internet Scout Project examines fires and fire ecology in different ecosystems, regions, and time periods. The Michigan Online Resources for Educators: Widland Fire Prevention and Education features fact sheets on the environmental impacts burns have on the ecology of the land as well as those who inhabit the surrounding areas. A large focus of this section is how to prevent forest fires and how to promote forest fire safety practices as well as specialized prevention information for those living adjacent to large forested areas. The Forest Fire Management: What’s Best and for Whom? blog from the 2007 posts on NSDL’s Expert Voices discusses both the positive and negative influences of forest fires, connects fire science to the National Science Education Standards, and suggests ways in which teachers can help students understand the impact of forest fires.