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Science Project Final 1

The document discusses the causes and prevention of fires. It defines combustion as a chemical reaction between substances that produces heat and light. The three conditions needed for combustion are fuel, oxygen, and an ignition source of heat. Different types of fires are classified based on the materials burning. Fires can be extinguished by removing oxygen using techniques like smothering with a blanket. The document also provides four ways to prevent fires such as inspecting heating sources and storing flammables correctly.

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Science Project Final 1

The document discusses the causes and prevention of fires. It defines combustion as a chemical reaction between substances that produces heat and light. The three conditions needed for combustion are fuel, oxygen, and an ignition source of heat. Different types of fires are classified based on the materials burning. Fires can be extinguished by removing oxygen using techniques like smothering with a blanket. The document also provides four ways to prevent fires such as inspecting heating sources and storing flammables correctly.

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The Cause

of Fire and
Preventive
Measures
PREPARED BY: GROUP 6
DEFINE COMBUSTION
❑ The process of burning
something
❑ A chemical reaction between
substances, usually including OXYGEN HEAT
oxygen and usually
accompanied by the
generation of heat and light in
the form of flame

FUEL
WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS NEEDED FOR
COMBUSTION?

There are three essential conditions for the


combustion of fuels.......
➢ There must be fuel to burn.
➢ There must be air to supply oxygen.
➢ There must be heat ( ignition temperature ) to
start and continue the combustion process.
THE SUBSTANCE USED IN A FIRE EXTINGUISHER
DIFFERS BASED ON THE TYPES OF MATERIALS ON
FIRE .
These can be divided into six fire classes involving different substances
1. Class A: fire caused by combustible carbon-based solids such as paper,
wood or textiles.
2. Class B: fire caused by flammable liquids eg: paraffin, petrol, diesel or oil (
but not cooking oil).
3. Class C: fire caused by flammable gases eg: butane, propane or
methane.
4. Class D: fire caused by burning metals eg: aluminum, lithium or
magnesium.
5. Class E: fire caused by electrical equipment ( indicated by an electric
spark symbol and not the letter E).
6. Class F: fire caused by fats and cooking oil.
FIRE CAN BE EXTINGUISHES BY REMOVING ONE OF THE
CONDITIONS NEEDED FOR COMBUSTION USING
DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES . EXPLAIN AND GIVE EXAMPLE.
The general procedure is to prevent fresh air from reaching the seat of
the fire, allowing the combustion to reduce the oxygen content in the
confined atmosphere until it extinguishes itself, for example by :-
1) Snuffing out candles
2) Smothering a pan with a fire blanket
3) Wrapping a person in a fire blanket

T
HOW DOES THE FIRE BLANKET
WORKS
A fire blanket is a highly flame-resistant blanket
that can be used to extinguish a small fire or to
wrap around a person in case of a fire. Fire
blankets are made from two layers of woven glass
fiber fabric and an inner layer of fire retardant film.
They work by cutting off the oxygen supply on the
fire.
This Photo by Unknown author is licensed
under CC BY-SA.
GIVE FOUR WAYS TO PREVENT FIRE
1) Inspect your heating sources- there is also the potential of having
something come about due to someone playing in or around the
heating source of the school. Things can easily catch fire with that
much heat, and whether it is intentional or not, does not matter.
2) Store any flammable products correctly- these are started due
to something faulty near the heating source or the equipment.
3) Maintain your wires- these are very common when something shorts
out and is near something that can easily spark and catch fire.
4) Be cautions with open flames- because schools often have a lot
of cooking equipment in the kitchens, there are many potential
problems that can come from them. It could be a small grease fire or
a gas fire.
REPORT BOOK

TIME DATE DAY DAILY REPORT


2 HOURS 30th APRIL 2023 1 1) Fact finding and research
2 HOURS 1st MAY 2023 2 2) Fact finding and research and
discussion with group
2 HOURS 7th MAY 2023 3
3) Organize information and fact
2 HOURS 8th MAY 2023 4
4) Design and drawing on slide
2 HOURS 14th MAY 2023 5
5) Design and drawing on slide
2 HOURS 15th MAY 2023 6
continues
6) Finalize slide
SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS, SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDES AND NOBLE
VALUES
Problems attitudes and ways to overcome it when carrying out Project 1

PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED RESOLUTION


❑ New vocabularies cannot ❑ Find the meaning and
understand explanation from google.com

❑ Materials used in fire ❑ Find the materials from


extinguisher cannot google.com and understand its
understand usage and with photos and
explanation

❑ Difficult to get team members ❑ Follow up, call and chat with
to work on the same timing team members to get the work
done
Scientific attitudes and noble values fostered from the
experience of completing Project 1

SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDES EXPERIENCE


1) Curiosity 1) Explore, question and seek
knowledge from internet
2) Willing to accept new ideas
2) Open mindedness from team members in
designing the slides and
during discussion
3) Objectivity 3) Unbiased when conducting
investigations or analyzing
data

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