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Educational Resources

Activities for learning about wildfires and prevention methods

Smokey raising hands with kids

Classroom Materials

Bring Smokey Bear into your classroom with educational materials including lesson plans, coloring pages, activity pages, and more.

Elementary School

Complete K-2 Educator’s Guide

Includes dot-to-dot poster and partner certificate.

Educator's Guide

Smokey Bear Activity Book

Includes Smokey’s story and stick puppets/stage.

Smokey's Story

Smokey Patrol Book

Outline for wildfire lesson plans. Targeted to grade 5, but can be tailored to meet your students’ needs.

Smokey Patrol Book

Educational Video

A Day in the Forest with Smokey Bear

Educational Video - A Day In the Forest with Smokey Bear

Middle School

Smokey Campfire Safety Checklist

Includes dot-to-dot poster and partner certificate.

Smokey Campfire Safety Checklist

Smokey Bear Activity Book

Various wildfire learning materials.

Smokey Bear Activity Book

Smokey Bear Kids' Poster

Full-color poster perfect for the classroom.

Smokey Bear Kids' Poster

Individual Materials

Dot-to-Dot Mini Poster

Dot-to-Dot Mini Poster

Smokey Bear’s Partner Certificate

Smokey Bear’s Partner Certificate

Smokey’s Story

Smokey’s Story

Smokey’s Story Mini-book

Smokey’s Story Mini-book

Smokey Bear & Friends Stick Puppets/Stage

Smokey Bear & Friends Stick Puppets/Stage

Smokey Activity Guide

Please note that some pieces are more advanced, but word searches and other items are appropriate for elementary age children.

Smokey Activity Guide

Extra Resources

You can visit the USDA Forest Service National Symbols Cache (items for purchase) or the Natural Inquirer (free downloads) to obtain Smokey Bear wildfire prevention materials for your classroom. The site also contains Woodsy Owl conservation education materials.

Additional wildfire prevention educational materials and products are available in the National Association of State Foresters store.

Proceeds from licensing fees go to the Smokey Bear campaign, to be used for continued wildfire prevention education.

Smokey's Scouts

Smokey’s Scouts is a forest-friendly mobile matching game for kids, teens, and adults, to increase wildfire safety and prevention nationwide.

Players help Smokey Bear and his group of helpful animal scouts prevent wildfires by removing fire hazards along their hike. Along the way, players learn about the history of Smokey Bear, how to prevent unwanted wildfires, and collect badges and bear tokens to assist scouts in their training.

The game, developed by the Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD), fosters crucial wildfire prevention awareness in a fun, engaging match 3 game design where players take on the role of aspiring scouts.

Nature lovers will recognize some of the famous backdrops. Campsite environments and terrain sprinkled throughout the game were inspired by national forests and parks across the country.

Download the game for free in the App Store or on Google Play.

Smokey’s Scouts app

Fire Safety For Kids

You can introduce a whole new generation of children to Smokey Bear and his message of wildfire prevention. Teach the children in your life the steps they can play in preventing wildfires.