This pathway is designed to provide students with the understanding of fire, fire dynamics, and fire behavior so that they can read a fire scene and build a claim for the fire’s location of origin and cause. As fire burns, it leaves clues in its path — evidence visible only to trained fire investigators. With an understanding of fire science, fire investigators hunt for clues, collect evidence and report on what happened. Join us at UL’s Fire Lab to work side by side with fire scientists through a series of videos and investigations. Students learn how fire is defined, how it develops, and how the evidence left behind suggests how and where it started. Students also practice using claims, evidence, and commentary to build an argument. This pathway can be used in the classroom or virtually, and as a self-guided student inquiry or a series of classroom activities. Comprehensive student and teacher guides are included.