National Wildlife Federation
Massive Migrations: Grades 5-8
Many Arctic species only spent a fraction of their lives in the Arctic region. Scholars research migrating Arctic species to learn more about their habits. They focus on their migration habits including distances, time, and challenges...
Alabama Wildlife Federation
Butterfly Gardening
Build a place for butterflies to call home. After identifying the needs of butterflies in terms of water, food, shelter, and reproduction, learners create a scale model of their ideal butterfly garden. Once the model is complete, they...
Teach Engineering
Live Like an Animal
When your parents say that your room's a pig sty, tell them about biomimicry. The sixth installment of a nine-part Life Science unit has scholars research the shelters used by animals in the natural world, like turtle shells. Using the...
Science Matters
Oh Heron
Two teams—the environmentalists and herons—play four rounds of the game, Oh Heron. Using hand symbols to represent food, shelter, and water, players locate their match to produce more herons while those unmatched decompose.
DiscoverE
Emergency Shelter
Save yourself! Groups create a sturdy emergency shelter out of bamboo. The shelter must be large enough to fit one person. Now the most important question: Which member of the group gets to use the shelter in an emergency?
Channel Islands Film
Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: Lesson Plan 4
Imagine being stranded all alone on an island for 18 years. How would you survive? Class members are challenged to makes necessities out of natural materials that would likely be found on an island.
Teach Engineering
Incoming Asteroid! What's the Problem?
Oh, no! An asteroid is on a collision course with Earth!. Class members must rise to the challenge of designing a shelter that will protect people from the impact and permit them to live in this shelter for one year. In this first lesson...
Teach Engineering
Identifying Possible Underground Cavern Locations
Teams continue with the Asteroid Impact challenge and determine possible locations to construct their underground shelters. Participants cut scale area models of their shelters from paper and place them on the map to find locations to...
Teach Engineering
How Big? Necessary Area and Volume for Shelter
Teams must determine the size of cavern needed to house the citizens of Alabraska to protect them from the asteroid impact. Using scaling properties, teams first determining the number of people that could sleep in a classroom and then...
Stanislaus State University of California
Survival Skills 101
Prepare individuals for any type of survival situation with a presentation that focuses on basic survival skills. With a variety of how-to's, including the best ways to treat injuries, the importance of staying hydrated, tips for...
K12 Reader
Natural Resources
What natural resources are available in your area? Your learners can consider this question after reading a brief passage about natural and renewable resources. After reading, class members respond to five questions related to the reading.
Curated OER
Housing: Types of Shelters
Students experiment with the construction of shelters and the various types of architectural designs. For this shelters lesson, students draw the building they live in. Students compare and contrast buildings made today and made 150...
Curated OER
Emergency Shelter Project: Empathy Unit
Pupils design emergency shelters. In this designing emergency shelters lesson, students discuss living conditions of people after a natural disaster. Pupils discuss the tsunami that struck East Asia. Students design collapsible...
Curated OER
Hurricanes
Students explore the history of hurricanes. They discuss the worst hurricanes that have formed. Students examine what to expect during a hurricane and the preparations they should make. They learn about evacuation routes, shelters, and...
Curated OER
HEALTH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
Pupils use the information gathered from the Nick News Special Edition about homelessness. Each student creates a homeless collage poster featuring magazine and newspaper pictures and articles about the topic and a brief descriptive essay.
Curated OER
Shelter
Students study shelter and how plants, animals, and people must have shelter to survive. In this shelter lesson, students read paragraphs about various shelters and their necessity with plants, animals, and people.
Other
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
You will find a large amount of information regarding homelessness, from food stamp information to civil and legal rights of homeless people.
Curated OER
Cbc News: Anatomy of a Refugee Camp
Great article featuring an excellent graphical representation of life in a refugee camp.
Other
San Francisco Department of Emergency Management: 72 Hours: Are You Prepared?
Are you prepared for a major disaster or emergency? Would you know what to do until you could get help? Find out how to prepare yourself ahead of time by building an emergency supply kit and also what to do in a specific disaster such as...
PBS
Pbs: The New Americans: Reluctant Refugees
Comprehensive lesson plan about the new immigrant - the refugee. Looks at many aspects of their assimilation, experience, and long term prospects.
Other
Irsa: Immigration and Refugee Services of America
The IRSA (Immigration and Refugee Services of America) offers help to immigrants and refugees in America take the steps necessary to become citizens and offers many other resources to help. You can link to news and updates on these...
Other
Legal Guide for Immigrants: Domestic Violence
This English-Spanish resource explains domestic violence and the legal protection available in the state of Maine.
Other
Little Big Horn College: The Apsaalooke Tipi
Find out what makes the Apsaalooke Tipi different from other tribes.
Other
Aircav: Shelters
Informative site explaining what a shelter is and how to best construct a shelter. It also explores the types of shelters possible for construction in a survival setting.